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'A living system': Skopje mayor looks to Israeli cities for lessons in handling crises

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Skopje Mayor Orce Gjorgjievski tells The Post why Israel’s cities offer lessons to North Macedonian municipalities in resilience, innovation, and protecting Jewish life.

‘I CAME to Israel with great respect and with a clear intention – to learn from experiences that are not only theoretical, but experiences created in real, difficult, and complex circumstances,’ Skopje Mayor Orce Gjorgjievski (pictured) told ‘The Jerusalem Post’ this week.
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Thank you, Mayor Zohran Mamdani: Your hate might just be a blessing in disguise - opinion

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigns with Brad Lander, candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District during primary elections in New York City, US, June 23, 2026.

Mamdani touts 'Babies not Bombs' messaging as progressive primary wins signal a power balance shift

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?

Mamdani calls AIPAC ‘monsters’ in rally ahead of NY primaries


As NYC's heated electoral race continues, NYC rabbis weigh endorsements

While some rabbis consider Mamdani to be a concern for the city's jews, others praise his "shared struggle"

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media during a campaign stop with striking members of Teamsters Local 210 in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., September 15, 2025.

Hebron mayor, convicted terrorist Tayseer Abu Sneineh arrested by IDF

IDF forces arrested Hebron Mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh early Tuesday over ongoing terror activity, according to Israeli authorities. He was convicted of murdering six Israelis in 1980.

Tayseer Abu Sneineh‏

When fighting antisemitism becomes controversial, it’s already antisemitism - opinion

CAM's upcoming Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism has been the target of attacks, with critics delegitimizing this anti-hate event.

CAM CEO SACHA ROYTMAN addresses the 2023 North American Mayors Summit  Against Antisemitism, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nov. 16, 2023.

Democratic Party of Minnesota revokes endorsement of mayoral candidate for state's largest city

The endorsement's revocation was due to "substantial failures" in the Minneapolis convention's voting process.

Omar Fateh won the endorsement of the local Democratic Party in the Minneapolis mayoral race in 2025.

What Zohran Mamdani has actually said about Jews and Israel

 New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, now a NYC mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference outside the White House to announce a hunger strike to demand that President Joe Biden "call for a permanent ceasefire and no military aid to Israel, on November 27, 2023.

Pro-Israel Jewish Democrats say Zohran Mamdani’s Israel stances are cause for concern but not panic

Jewish Democratic activists said Mamdani’s victory is not the national disaster for the century-long Jewish-Democratic alignment that Republicans are making it out to be, but it's not good either.

 Zohran Mamdani during an interview.

Mamdani defends proposal of taxing 'richer, whiter neighborhoods'

Zohran Mamdani defended his controversial proposal to raise property taxes in what he described as "richer and whiter neighborhoods," while also stating that billionaires shouldn't exist.

 Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Democratic mayoral primary debate, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in New York.

Schumer, Nadler race to praise Mamdani, in sharp contrast to Jewish establishment worries

Two of the city’s most veteran Jewish pro-Israel Democratic politicians raced to praise Mamdani, a supporter of the boycott Israel movement.  

 New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani arrives onstage at a Brooklyn rally in May 2025.

Jewish New Yorkers respond to Zohran Mamdani’s win in the NYC mayoral democratic primary

Joey Saban a Democratic district leader from Brooklyn and political strategist, expressed his dismay at the implications of Mamdani’s win, particularly for the Jewish community. 

 Zohran Mamdani gestures as he speaks during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November 2025 election, in New York City, U.S., June 25, 2025

Jewish groups, leaders 'frightened' that 'raging antisemite' Mamdani may be next NY mayor

The potential impact of a Mamdani mayoral stint on Jewish safety was one of the main concerns expressed to the Jerusalem Post. Additionally

 New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani arrives onstage at a Brooklyn rally in May 2025.