The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they unfold.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani praises the progressive Jewish group T’ruah and an Israeli activist honored at a T’ruah gala yesterday.
Mamdani attended T’ruah’s “Celebration of Human Rights,” an annual gala, yesterday at the B’nai Jeshurun synagogue in Manhattan, T’ruah says.
The event recognized “five Jewish human rights heroes,” including Gili Getz, an Israeli peace activist and photographer based in New York City.
“This year’s honorees, including New York’s own Gili Getz, remind us that solidarity is a practice,” Mamdani says in a statement.
Getz is affiliated with leftist Israelis in the city who promote dialogue and coexistence with Palestinians, and protest against the Israeli government, while supporting Israel’s continued existence.
The leftist Israeli group, Israelis for Peace, is to the left of the Jewish center, but also outside the mainstream anti-Israel movement in the city, which calls for Israel’s destruction.
T’ruah says its members “care deeply about Israel’s future as a Jewish, democratic state, and as a safe haven for the Jewish people,” while recognizing “the impact and consequences of Israel’s creation for the Palestinian people.”
The T’ruah gala was also attended by city Comptroller Mark Levine, a Jewish centrist.
Mamdani, who has identified as an anti-Zionist, is often at odds with mainstream Jewish groups due to his antagonism toward Israel.
WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives backs a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorized by Congress, reflecting growing congressional concern, even among US President Donald Trump’s Republicans, over the war.
The House voted 215 to 208, as four Republicans voted with Democrats in favor of the war powers resolution.
Human bones have been found in the Gaza border community of Kfar Aza, including part of a skull, according to Hebrew media reports.
The remains were taken for identification.
The family of murdered resident Nirel Zini, 31, say they hope the remains are his. Zini’s head was cut off by terrorists during the October 7, 2023, attack on the community, and his body was buried without it.
Zini was murdered alongside his girlfriend Niv Raviv, 27.
US President Donald Trump says he wants to separate talks on the conflict in Lebanon and those on the war between the United States and Iran, although Tehran insists the conflicts are linked.
“I’d like to separate it, I’d like to have a separate thing because it is, it is separate,” Trump tells reporters.
