Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi met with the IDF chief of staff and handed him her letter of resignation. Shortly beforehand, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that she would not be able to return to her position, citing “the severity of the suspicions and the sensitivity of the military advocate general’s role.”
To understand how founded these fears are and what a mayor can actually do in these areas, we spoke with Ed Mermelstein, who served until recently as Commissioner for International Affairs under incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, and one of the people who knows the limits of the mayor's office power closely.
"If the situation under Mamdani worsens – I won't wait like the Jews in Germany for them to come take me, I'll know to flee in time. This time, unlike the past, we have a state."
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen delays signing the gas export deal with Egypt, citing Cairo’s violations of the peace treaty. In response, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright cancels his planned visit to Jerusalem.
An American initiative to “encourage Hezbollah to disarm” has been shelved, and officials in Washington now conclude that “preserving the status quo will leave Lebanon a failed state.”
