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Likud candidate Avi Slama wins Netanya's special mayoral race

The newly elected mayor secured a first-round victory, defeating three other candidates and officially concluding the election campaign.

JANUARY 21, 2026|ByMAARIV ONLINE

Avi Salama, the newly elected mayor of Netanya, celebrates his victory after the polls close in the Netanya mayoral election at his campaign headquarters in Netanya, January 20, 2026.

An illustration of an Israeli voting at the ballot box.

Netanya prepares for elections after mayor passes away

The mayoral elections will be taking place between the hours from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

JANUARY 20, 2026|ByTAMARA OSSANDON

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at a news conference following a shooting in Minneapolis, Minn. by an ICE agent, on Jan. 7, 2026.

Jacob Frey, Minneapolis’ Jewish mayor, returns to the spotlight after ICE shooting in his city

“There is little I can say again that will make this situation better, but I do have a message for our community, for our city, and I have a message for ICE,” said Frey.

JANUARY 9, 2026|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

Former Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski is greeted by supporters as he arrives to Yad Sarah foundation in Jerusalem. Lupolianski, founder of the Yad Sarah, the largest national volunteer organization in Israel. December 29, 2015.

Rabbi Uri Lupolianski, first haredi mayor of Jerusalem and Yad Sarah founder, dies at 74

He served as mayor of Jerusalem from 2003 to 2008, becoming the first haredi (ultra-Orthodox) politician elected to the role.

JANUARY 8, 2026|ByAVI SOLOMON

Will Moshe Lion serve another term as mayor of Jerusalem? - survey

According to a local survey, incumbent mayoral candidate Moshe Lion is expected to win the election.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE

MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Barcelona restores twin cities status with Tel Aviv

Barcelona's status as Tel Aviv's twin city had been suspended in February due to Israeli "apartheid," but the new mayor has reinstated them.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

What you didn't read about NYC Mayor Eric Adams's visit to Israel - opinion

Yet some of the most important meetings the mayor had were related to future investments in Israel, learning about innovative Israeli technology, and promoting trade with New York and US.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByDAVID G. GREENFIELD

THE WRITER, on the right wearing a light blue shirt, walks alongside New York City Mayor Eric Adams in Jerusalem’s Old City, last week.

Netanyahu welcomes NY Mayor Adams: ‘A great friend of Israel’

Antisemitic attacks in New York surged in 2022 to the highest level since 1979, but Mayor Eric Adams has been working to fight it.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen meeting with New York City Mayor Eric Adams in Jerusalem, on August 22, 2023.

NYC Mayor Adams kick offs Israel trip with Jerusalem tour

Adams is set to meet with leaders of the anti-judicial reform protests on Tuesday.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

NYC Mayor Eric Adams speaks at a Jerusalem interfaith reception. August 21, 2023.

She stayed in Israel post-gap year and became a voluntary mayor

Racheli Adler: “My family knew that when I came to Israel for a gap year, I wasn’t returning. My parents built their life in a way that as soon as we were all here, they’d be able to come, too.”

AUGUST 5, 2023ByJORDANA BENAMI

RACHELI FROMOWITZ ADLER, 31 FROM TEANECK, New Jersey, TO TZUR HADASSAH, 2010

High Court: Tiberias Law applies next mayoral election, Yosef can't run

The controversial Tiberias Law allowed Boaz Yosef to run for office by decreasing a restriction on caretaker local authorities immediately running after finishing their service.

JULY 31, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR