New York City Mayor Eric Adams meets today with Israeli police and security officials, as well as Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and President Isaac Herzog, on his third and final day in Israel. A former police captain, Adams has pressed a public safety agenda and said he plans to discuss tools to “make our city safe” during his visit to Israel’s National Police Academy. He will also meet with representatives from the Shin Bet. This evening, he is slated to meet with Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, after attending a...

The mayor is religious, and so are many voters in his political base. Visiting Israel is a rite of passage for the mayor of New York City, whose Jewish population is second only to Israel’s. Mayor Eric Adams has spent the last couple of days there. He had been there twice before, but this was his first trip as mayor. It was also the first trip there for our City Hall bureau chief, Emma G. Fitzsimmons. I asked her about her impressions of the trip. Here is what she said:...

He also plans to speak with Israeli officials critical of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul and before he meets with Netanyahu, Adams has a closed-door discussion with leaders of the protest movement. People traveling with the mayor argued that a face-to-face with the prime minister is not a tacit endorsement of his nationalist policies. Netanyahu’s efforts to curtail Supreme Court influence have been slammed as attacks on democracy. He’ll talk later this week with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, according to a person familiar with Adams’ plans....

On the second day of his trip to Israel, Mayor Eric Adams of New York City will seek to strike a political balance by meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, and with leaders of the country’s pro-democracy protest movement. On Tuesday morning, Mr. Adams will meet with protest leaders, although his office did not specify which leaders or where the meeting was being held, and reporters were barred from attending. Later, at around 5 p.m. local time, Mr. Adams planned to meet with Mr. Netanyahu — part of a...