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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 642

Luke Tress

Luke Tress

Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
July 8, 2025, 12:48 am
New York’s Barnard College settles antisemitism lawsuit filed by Jewish students
College affiliated with Columbia University agrees to install a discrimination coordinator, voice a zero-tolerance policy toward anti-Jewish hate, reject Israel boycott demands
By Luke Tress
New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani responds to a question during the New York City Mayoral Candidates Forum at Medgar Evers College, April 23, 2025, in New York. (AP/Frank Franklin II)
July 4, 2025, 10:11 am
Nearly 1/3 of New York voters support Mamdani’s statements on BDS, intifada — poll
30% say they’re more likely to vote for mayoral candidate due to his refusal to condemn phrase ‘globalize the intifada,’ while 52% say it makes them less likely to support him
By Luke Tress
Columbia University acting president Claire Shipman speaks during a commencement ceremony on Columbia's main campus, in Manhattan, May 21, 2025, in New York. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)
July 2, 2025, 11:29 pm
Acting Columbia president sorry for calling to remove Jewish board member after Oct. 7
Claire Shipman apologizes for leaked texts calling Shoshana Shendelman a ‘mole,’ as US university seeks to restore federal funding in talks over response to anti-Israel protests
By Luke Tress, ToI Staff and JTA
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani takes selfies with supporters after speaking at his primary election party, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
July 2, 2025, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing July 2: Day 635 – How did an anti-Israel candidate win NYC’s primary?
New York reporter Luke Tress discusses Zohran Mamdani, the NYC mayoral Democratic primary winner, and what’s next in this contentious election campaign
By Jessica Steinberg and Luke Tress
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Florida. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 1, 2025, 11:39 pm
Trump threatens to arrest anti-Israel New York City mayoral candidate Mamdani
US president suggests that the state assembly member is in the country illegally, throws support behind incumbent Eric Adams, whom he says he ‘helped out a little bit’ in the past
By Luke Tress
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at his primary election party, in New York City, June 25, 2025. (AP/Heather Khalifa)
June 27, 2025, 8:33 pm
Jewish political organizers grapple with fallout from Mamdani’s NYC primary victory
Implications of Israel critic’s success remain unclear as activists work to navigate turmoil after his stunning win over the pro-Israel Cuomo
By Luke Tress
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at his primary election party, in New York City, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
June 26, 2025, 4:54 am
Do Zohran Mamdani’s opponents have a path to defeating him in NYC mayoral election?
The far-left critic of Israel will be the heavy favorite in November vote, which could end up as a 5-way race if Cuomo runs as an independent after losing the Democratic primary
By Luke Tress
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate New York City Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, in New York City, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
June 25, 2025, 8:28 pm
After NYC primary upset, anti-Israel activist Mamdani vows not to ‘abandon my beliefs’
Beating Cuomo in Democratic mayoral primary, ‘globalize the intifada’ advocate who’d arrest Netanyahu says he’ll work to ‘understand the perspectives’ of those he disagrees with
By Luke Tress
New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, speaks to supporters during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025 in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images via AFP)
June 25, 2025, 7:23 am
In stunning defeat, Cuomo concedes to anti-Israel Mamdani in NYC mayoral primary
‘He deserved it. He won’: Former governor, who leaned into Jewish vote during campaign, acknowledges defeat to socialist opponent
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Members of the Lev Tahor Jewish community remain outside the Alida Espana de Arana special education school where where rescued children were being housed in Guatemala City on December 22, 2024. (Johan ORDÓÑEZ / AFP)
June 21, 2025, 3:32 pm
El Salvador extradites members of Jewish cult Lev Tahor accused of child sex abuse
Eliezer Rumpler extradited to Israel for allegedly disrobing, beating students, while Jonathan Cardona sent to Guatemala to stand trial for rape, child abuse and human trafficking
By AFP and Luke Tress
Former Hamas hostage Edan Alexander returns to his US hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey, June 19, 2025. (Liri Agami/Flash90)
June 20, 2025, 3:11 am
Freed hostage Edan Alexander given jubilant welcome as he returns home to New Jersey
IDF soldier who Hamas released from captivity last month as gesture to Trump is welcomed by crowd of hundreds in his hometown of Tenafly
By Luke Tress
Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Democratic mayoral primary debate, June 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)
June 18, 2025, 7:55 pm
NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani compares Intifada to Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, drawing fire
US Holocaust Memorial Museum says likening calls to ‘globalize the Intifada’ to Jewish rebellion during World War II is ‘outrageous’
By Luke Tress
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his cabinet on June 18, 2025.(Haim Zach/GPO)
June 18, 2025, 3:34 am
June 18: Netanyahu convenes cabinet as Israel awaits US decision on joining Iran fight
Trump says possible Iranian regime could fall * Iran TV broadcasts hacked with calls for uprising as Israel hits government targets in Tehran * IDF soldier killed in Gaza
By ToI Staff and Luke Tress
Peter Svarzbein, national director of Jewish Voters United, outside the group's office on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, June 11, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
June 13, 2025, 4:11 pm
Jewish voter campaign seeks ‘generational shift’ as it hits streets for NYC primary
Ahead of June 14 early voting, Jewish Voters Unite canvasses kosher markets, delis, pizzerias, senior centers to rally voters in tight mayoral election focused on Israel, antisemitism
By Luke Tress
Protesters confront Los Angeles police department personnel in riot gear in downtown Los Angeles, June 9, 2025. (AP/Eric Thayer)
June 11, 2025, 2:47 am
US anti-Israel activists throw their weight behind Los Angeles immigration protests
Protest groups urge followers to join demonstrations, link Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Israel: ‘This is a global infrastructure of state violence and we must dismantle it’
By Luke Tress
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