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Isaac Herzog

Isaac Herzog is an Israeli politician and the country's current president, being the first president to have been born in Israel after the Declaration of Independence was announced.

In the past, Herzog had served several terms in the Knesset in the Labor Party and the Zionist Union in partnership with the Tzipi Livni-led Kadima.

His father, Chaim Herzog, was Israel's sixth president and his grandfather, Yitzhak Halevi Herzog, was chief rabbi of both Ireland and Israel. Currently, his brother Mike Herzog is Israel's ambassador to the US.

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 Israel's President Isaac Herzog attends an emergency conference on the medical condition of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip at the President Residence in Jerusalem, December 10, 2024.

Conservative leaders assure Herzog: movement thrives amid challenges

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog meets with Argentinian President Javier Milei in Jerusalem, in February.

Presidents Milei, Herzog celebrate 75 years of Israel-Argentina relations

 IFCJ PRESIDENT Yael Eckstein (center) visits a shelter in Kiryat Shmona. ‘I think it’s a very incorrect assumption to feel or think that we, in the rest of Israel, are not connected to what’s happening there.’

Israeli High Court: National Food Security Initiative budget to be doubled

 President Isaac Herzog celebrated bar and bat mitzvahs with orphans and victims of terror.

Herzog hosts bar and bat mitzvah celebration for orphans and victims of terror

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Letters to the Editor, December 16, 2024: Surrender to the emotions

SHRAGA BIRAN presents his book to President Isaac Herzog.

Grapevine December 15, 2024: Changing of the guard

Israel President Isaac Herzog meets with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, December 11, 2024.

‘I’ll call you Santi, and you call me Bougie’: Israeli president meets Paraguayan president

 Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders speaks to media in The Hague, Netherlands after polls closed in an EU election on June 6, 2024.

Dutch politician Geert Wilders meets Israeli ministers, PM in Israel visit

 Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks during a swearing in ceremony for new chief rabbis at the President Residence in Jerusalem, November 4, 2024.

Herzog – ‘Worried’ about ‘dramatic’ wave of legislation altering democratic foundations

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Howard Kohr.

Grapevine December 6, 2024: A mark of appreciation

Israelis demonstrate to demand the government accept to complete the hostage deal on September 7, 2024.

Herzog enlists Elon Musk’s help to revive hopes for a hostage deal

 David Ben-Gurion.

'Not gov't nor Knesset, but people determine': Newly revealed Ben-Gurion speech calls for unity

 Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks during a swearing in ceremony for new chief rabbis at the President Residence in Jerusalem, November 4, 2024.

'Blood libels': Herzog rejects Moshe Ya'alon's IDF 'ethnic cleansing' claims

 Illustrative image of Defense Minister Israel Katz, Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid, and President Isaac Herzog.

'A warrior who stood his ground': Israeli leaders mourn Omer Neutra

 President Herzog meets with mother of hotage Edan Alexander..

President Herzog meets with mother of Israeli-American hostage

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG speaks during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in early November.

Grapevine November 24, 2024: On the move

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in public address after ICC rules arrest warrant against him on November 21, 2024

No 'outrageous' decision will stop me, says Netanyahu about ICC arrest warrant

 Steven Lowy, Keren Hayesod chairman Sam Grundwerg, and President Isaac Herzog

Steven Lowy honored for leadership as antisemitism rises and war continues