Isaac Herzog
Isaac Herzog was elected Israel's 11th president in 2021, after serving as Labor Party leader, opposition leader and chairman of the Jewish Agency. Coverage includes state visits abroad, his calls for national unity, mediation efforts over the judicial dispute and pardon requests. News about Herzog from across Israeli media appears here.
Earlier coverage
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- From Mexico to Australia: Eight Jewish educators honored at global conference in Israel
- Change Bloc Sources: Herzog Working to Form Netanyahu–Eisenkot Unity Government
- Israel Bonds receives Presidential Medal of Honor for 75 years of investing in Israel
- Herzog calls Nobel Peace Prize winner choice affront to peace-loving people at Medal of Honor award
- Herzog calls Nobel Peace Prize winner choice affront to peace-loving people at Medal of Honor award
Monday, 12 October 2026
- President Herzog awards Presidential Medal of Honor to Israel Bonds
- President Herzog awards Presidential Medal of Honor to Israel Bonds
- Herzog reportedly seeks Netanyahu-Eisenkot unity government after election
- Herzog slams deicison to award Navi Pillay the Nobel Peace Prize
- President Herzog: ‘Our hearts are broken by the terrible disaster in the north’
- Herzog: I’ll work to set up ‘stable’ government, Israel must avoid repeat elections
- Herzog: I’ll work to set up ‘stable’ government, Israel must avoid repeat elections
- Lapid fires back at Herzog: No more 'fake unity' with Netanyahu
- Lapid fires back at Herzog: No more 'fake unity' with Netanyahu
- Herzog says Israel needs bigger police force to stop violent crime, settler attacks
- Herzog says Israel needs bigger police force to stop violent crime, settler attacks
- 'Dangerous territory': Herzog slams Europe, where Jewish life is contracting in fear
- Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana urges Herzog to pardon Netanyahu in letter with no formal legal basis
- Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana urges Herzog to pardon Netanyahu in letter with no formal legal basis
- Herzog: Blaming Jews has become Europe’s ‘default mode’
- Herzog vows to prevent another round of elections
- Herzog vows to prevent another round of elections
- Herzog warns: Blaming Jews has once again become Europe's default response
- Herzog: ‘I'll do everything I can to prevent repeat elections’
Sunday, 11 October 2026
- Knesset Speaker urges pardon after Netanyahu trial revelation
- Knesset Speaker urges pardon after Netanyahu trial revelation
- Knesset Speaker Calls on Herzog to Pardon Netanyahu After Mandelblit Testimony
- ‘Great valor’: Herzog sends letter to wounded flydubai captain who helped avert disaster
- Herzog invites Captain Smit Machchhar, Indian pilot who helped subdue flydubai hijacker, to Israel
- Herzog invites Captain Smit Machchhar of flydubai flight to Jerusalem in gratitude for heroism