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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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 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG at the Tomb of Maimonides in Tiberias.

Grapevine April 4, 2025: Soldiers in suits instead of uniforms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday, March 30, 2025.

Netanyahu, Greek counterpart Mitsotakis meet in Jerusalem

 (L-R) DANNY YATOM, Eli Papouchado, and Avigdor Kahalani.

Grapevine March 28, 2025: Israel’s biggest battle

Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin at the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1979

The erosion of Israel-Egypt relations and what went wrong

President Isaac Herzog, on the occasion of Antisemitism Awareness Week, hosted friends of Israel from across the world and held a panel with Jewish community heads about the realities of modern-day Jew-hatred. 

'I understand your pain': Herzog hosts Jewish leaders on Antisemitism Awareness Week

President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal met with Omer Shem Tov, who was recently freed from Hamas captivity, along with his mother, Sheli.

Israeli division gives Hamas strength, ex-hostage Omer Shem Tov tells Herzog

 Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

'Fratricidal discourse': The Shin Bet standoff puts Israel's democracy in a bind

Yisrael Beytenu MK Avigdor Liberman speaks in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 24, 2025

Netanyahu can be removed from power for defying court, Liberman says

 REUT FUCHS (from left), head of 929 partnerships and external relations; Chief Justice Isaac Amit; President Isaac Herzog; Rabbi Benny Lau; and Adina Bar-Shalom.

Grapevine March 22, 2025: The inner existential threat

SUPREME COURT Justice Noam Sohlberg attends a ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers whose burial place is unknown at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on March 6.

Dividing Israel: How politics of trust threatens inquiry into October 7

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 24, 2025.

Herzog won't host European politicians at antisemitism conference opening event

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends an iftar meal in the Arab Israeli town of Shfra'am, on April 13, 2023.

Herzog urges US Jews to stand united in supporting Israel amid growing divides

 Members of the October Council attend a Knesset meeting and call for a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre, March 17, 2025.

Bereaved families demand answers, call for October 7 inquiry

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, March 12, 2025.

Netanyahu dismisses Herzog, supreme court chief's state probe agreement

 YONA BARTAL with Rabbi Uri Maklev.

Grapevine March 14, 2025: Anniversaries galore

 Isaac and Michal Herzog celebrate Purim with children from Beit Issie Shapiro on March 11, 2025.

Purim joy comes early as Beit Issie Shapiro visits the President’s Residence

 ISRAEL’S ‘FIRST LADY’ Michal Herzog. She accompanies her husband on duties most of the time unless busy with engagements of her own, such as hosting groups of female soldiers, medical conferences, or groups of female diplomats.

Michal Herzog: Redefining the role of a president's spouse during wartime

 At Emunah's 90th anniversary event, a portrait of Sarah Herzog, grandmother of Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, is presented to him by chairperson Yifat Sela and Dina Hahn, chairperson of the board of directors, Emunah Women.

Wisdom of the past, energy of the future: Emunah Women celebrates 90 years