Isaac Herzog

Israel's 11th president

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Feb 26, 2025, 9:18 AM

A nation united in grief: No words can heal our aching hearts

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President Herzog: 'If there is still mercy in this world, let the beautiful faces of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir be a heart-piercing cry'

Mar 8, 2024, 6:00 AM

The war has proved once again: Israeli heroines are everywhere

Illustrative: Female soldiers during training, in an undated photography published by the military on June 7, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

In honor of International Women’s Day, we thank the women who fight on the front lines – and closer to home

Jan 14, 2024, 9:00 AM

A hundred days of war

I have no doubt that we will overcome the darkness together, as we have always done, and emerge from this conflict stronger than ever

Dec 4, 2022, 1:43 PM

Bahrain’s warm peace with Israel: What’s next?

President Isaac Herzog (front L) and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (front R) at the Al Qudaibiya palace in Manama, December 4, 2022. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

Direct flights were just the beginning - we anticipate a free trade agreement and ample exchange, as Israelis and Bahrainis discover new opportunities with each other

Nov 7, 2022, 9:37 AM

To save the planet, encourage Middle Eastern partnerships

Egyptian farmers sit under the shade of a dried up palm tree surrounded by barren wasteland that was once fertile and green, in Second Village, Qouta town, Fayoum, Egypt, Aug. 5, 2020 (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Skeptics may call the 'Renewable Middle East' a dream, but this pipeline will carry the green energy that will help to liberate the world from its fossil fuel dependence

May 29, 2022, 6:03 AM

City of hearts: President Herzog on Jerusalem Day

The city promises freedom of worship for members of all religions and, no less importantly, a form of coexistence that does not diminish difference and tradition

Dec 7, 2021, 6:00 AM

‘Think Good’: Time to transform the online discourse in Israel

President Isaac Herzog at his official residence in Jerusalem, November 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

On launching a campaign to encourage us all to stop before posting yet another insult and instead choose words that shine our inner light and help others shine theirs

Mar 1, 2020, 1:21 PM

A historic global community of committed Jews

We recently concluded another meeting of The Jewish Agency Board of Governors, made up of 220 Jewish leaders from around the world, including representatives of the World Zionist Organization, Jewish Federations of North America, and Keren Hayesod. These wonderful...

Jan 2, 2020, 1:00 PM

Putting out the welcome mat for an anti-Semite

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. (Wikipedia)

Malaysia's PM is proud to speak out against 'the Jews,' and yet is feted by Trump, Obama, and others who officially denounce anti-Semitism

Sep 10, 2019, 9:22 PM

A dark cloud hovers over religious freedom in Europe

Illustrative: Demonstration of a ritual goat slaughter for ultra-Orthodox Jewish students in Zichron Moshe, on April 26, 2011. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Belgium's ban on kosher slaughter represents a slide down the slippery slope toward official infringement on freedom of religion

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Isaac Herzog is the eleventh President of the State of Israel.