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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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 Pope Leo XIV holds an audience with representatives of the media in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, May 12, 2025.

New Pope Leo tells Jewish leaders he wants to strengthen dialogue

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 President Isaac Herzog and wife Michal meeting with Rashi Foundation team

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 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG meets with then-German chancellor Olaf Scholz during the Munich Security Conference last year. The newly-elected German government has a historic opportunity to chart the course for the next 60 years, says the writer.

Newly elected German gov't must act with courage to preserve relations with Israel

 Pictures of hostages of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, are attached to flowers in the garden of the Israeli embassy in London, Britain, March 7, 2024.

Feldman's return is great, but the hostages cannot wait another 40 years to be returned

 Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

President Herzog plans to attend the Pope’s official inauguration ceremony

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses a gala event on August 29, 2022, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress, at the original venue, the Stadtcasino Basel, in Basel, Switzerland.

Israel must take on greater role in ensuring Jewish continuity

 President Isaac Herzog attends a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, April 30, 2025.

Herzog condemns attack on Ra’anana synagogue: ‘Hatred and violence have no place here'

 AMBASSADORS TO the UN meet with President Isaac Herzog.

Grapevine May 4, 2025: A period of diplomacy

 ADIR SCHWARTZ, new head of Hitorerut.

Grapevine: Deputy mayor on a mission

 IDF soldiers seen in the aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023.

Gov't to discuss Oct. 7 security failure probe ahead of court deadline

 NACHMAN ASH

Grapevine May 2, 2025: Christian friends who care

 Hersh Goldberg-Polin with parents Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin tells ambassadors release of hostages ‘doable’

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security guards with masks on their faces, May 1, 2025.

PM Netanyahu’s bodyguards wear masks at ceremonies fearing arrests abroad

HAPOEL TEL AVIV players and management celebrate with President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, after winning the EuroCup to earn promotion to the Euroleague.

Herzog hosts Hapoel Tel Aviv after EuroCup triumph

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN
  Former hostage Omer Shem Tov speaks during an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 77th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on May 1, 2025.

Troops at annual event remain anonymous due to int'l persecution fears

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

'Fighting for what matters': President Herzog's message for Israeli Independence Day

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

Herzog to ‘Post’: 'Even if I stand alone; I will try endlessly to bring compromise'

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his trial testimony hearing, April 28, 2025.

Netanyahu plea bargain deal ‘welcomed’ amid societal split, Herzog tells 'Post'