Yaakov Hagoel

WZO invites Mamdani to NYC Israel Day Parade, consul Akunis fires back

WZO chair Yaakov Hagoel also stated during the interview that he planned on reiterating the invitation in-person if he is able to meet with Mamdani in New York during an upcoming visit. 

 Participants at NYC's Israel Day Parade, May 18, 2025.
World Zionist Organization Chair Yaakov Hagoel and Jewish Agency Chair Doron Almog are seen alongside families of the Sydney terror attack victims during a solidarity visit to Australia, February 10, 2026.

'Mutual responsibility': Israel recognizes Bondi casualties as victims of antisemitism

ISRAELIS LIGHT candles the day after after two gunmen shot and killed people gathered on Australia's Bondi beach for the start of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, in Jerusalem on December 15, 2025.

Jerusalem memorial ceremony for Bondi Beach terror victims in tandem with ceremony in Sydney

Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends Israel Hayom conference in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025.

Herzog halts lone immigrant ceremony to condemn Sydney Hanukkah attack


Israel's 'Plan B' to rescue Ukraine's Jews - interview with WZO Chairman

Diaspora Affairs: “We have about 7,000 candidates for aliyah staying at the moment in hotels and other facilities in Moldova, Hungary, Romania and Poland," WZO Chairman Yaakov Hagoel said.

WZO CHAIRMAN Yaakov Hagoel poses for a picture at the World Zionist Organization offices in Jerusalem.

Jewish Agency emissaries to return to Ukraine, says acting chairman

Acting Chairman Yaakov Hagoel said: "We estimate that instead of hundreds making Aliyah every week, thousands will be immigrating to Israel every week in the near future."

Yaakov Hagoel-Chairman of the executive, World Zionist Organization(WZO)

Jewish Agency selection committee meeting ends with no conclusion, again

No candidate received nine of the 10 votes on the selection committee to be chosen as the next Jewish Agency chairman.  

The Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem

Grapevine December 22, 2021: Yet another career move?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

President Isaac Herzog with El Salvador Ambassador Susana Gun de Hasenson

There is only one Jerusalem - opinion

While freedom of worship has been given to all religions in the city, there is excessive strictness imposed upon Jews seeking to visit the Temple Mount.

Yaakov Hagoel, chairman of the World Zionist Organization.

Yaakov Hagoel: World Zionist Organization is the Jewish world’s government

A significant challenge? Repairing the relationship between Jews in Israel and the Diaspora, Hagoel says.

YAAKOV HAGOEL steps into his new role as chairman of the World Zionist Organization