Tag: Isaac Herzog
Herzog to Ukraine on 1,000th day of war: ‘You are not alone’
Israeli President Isaac Herzog issued a video message on Tuesday in support of Ukraine on the 1000th day of its war, saying that Jerusalem identifies with its cause and what it has endured at the hands...
Israeli president cancels Azerbaijan visit after Erdoğan closes airspace
Israeli President Isaac Herzog canceled a scheduled visit to the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan refused to allow the Wing of Zion state plane to pass through...
Israeli president meets Biden at White House
Israeli President Isaac Herzog welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden at the Oval Office in the White House on Tuesday morning.
The White House stated that the meeting, which was open to a "spray," in which...
Herzog to award ‘Presidential Medal of Honor’ to Lauder, Hoenlein, others
President Isaac Herzog announced on Monday the award of the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor to eight Jewish and non-Jewish leaders from around the world, in recognition of their long-standing contributions to the State...
Biden offers sympathy to Herzog on Oct. 7, ‘deep sadness’ for ‘loss of innocent...
In a phone call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7 that left 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage into the...
Gal Gadot: Unity critical to victory
The Jewish people will prevail over its enemies and overcome the rising tide of antisemitism worldwide, but only through unity, Israeli actress Gal Gadot said on Sunday.
“I feel like there is life before October 7...
Blinken suggests recent terror attacks, including suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, aren’t escalations
With his hands clasped, Israeli President Isaac Herzog detailed “ongoing terror attacks by Palestinian terrorists” in the prior 24 hours, during a Tel Aviv press conference alongside U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday. Those...
Lammy urges end to war on Hamas, decries ‘intolerable’ suffering in Gaza
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during meetings with Israeli officials in Jerusalem on Sunday and Monday pressed the need for a hostage deal with the Hamas terrorist group to bring an end to the...
‘More in a mood of solemn reflection than unbridled festivity,’ US ambassador to Israel...
Jack Lew, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, offered the following remarks—lightly edited for style—at the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, ahead of American Independence Day on July 4.
Good evening, distinguished friends and colleagues....
President Isaac Herzog’s Yom Hazikaron address
Every year, after the sounding of the shofar, there reigns here in the expanse of the Western Wall Plaza a sacred, special silence, preserved only for this moment of the year. But tonight, we...