Isaac Herzog
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks at the funeral of Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem, Sept. 2, 2024. (Screenshot)
September 2, 2024, 11:21 am
At funeral, Israeli president asks for forgiveness from Goldberg-Polin family
"I want to say how sorry I am, how sorry I am that we didn't protect Hersh on that dark day, how sorry I am that we failed to bring him home."
By Philissa Cramer
Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in Israel on June 25, 2024. (Credit: Ma'ayan Toaf/GPO)
June 25, 2024, 9:21 pm
‘You’re a true leader,’ Herzog tells Fetterman during first visit to Israel
“I don’t really believe I should be thanked for just doing my job,” the Pennsylvania senator told the Israeli president.
By JNS
Pro-democracy protesters gather outside the US Capitol in Washington ahead of President Isaac Herzog’s speech to Congress, July 19, 2023. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
July 21, 2023, 12:48 pm
In speech to Congress, Herzog lauds strong judiciary, says democracy in Israel’s DNA
President says he’s working to whip up consensus for judicial reform, wins applause for declaring Israel and America mutually ‘irreplaceable’ for one another
By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
Isaac Herzog (Photo by Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
July 21, 2023, 12:22 pm
Nine members of Congress, including Summer Lee, skip talk by Israel’s president
Those skipping the speech reveal that they really oppose Israel rather than its policies, the Republican Jewish Coalition stated.
By JNS
Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends a Honorary Citizenship Ceremony in Tel Aviv, March 13, 2023.(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 16, 2023, 9:55 am
Israeli President Herzog warns of ‘real civil war’ amid battle over court reform
The statement is one of the most dire pronouncements by a senior Israeli official about the tumultuous fallout from the judicial proposal.
By Ron Kampeas
Isaac Herzog (Photo by Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
March 15, 2023, 1:22 pm
A speech, a sacking and a terror attack underline that Netanyahu must change course
If the fast-widening, utterly destructive rift in Israel is to be healed...it is Netanyahu who must, to echo the president, “take responsibility immediately.”
By David Horovitz
Isaac Herzog (Photo by Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
March 7, 2023, 1:26 pm
Herzog says Israel ‘closer than ever’ to compromise agreement on judicial overhaul
President says current reform "endangers’" democracy, but closed-door meetings have made progress; doesn’t urge halt to legislation, but opposition responds that this is a must
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
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