A message to world Jewry from Israel’s President Isaac Herzog

President Isaac Herzog yesterday issued an urgent message of support to Jewish communities around the world in light of the dramatic resurgence in antisemitism and following the hostilities and intimidation against Jewish students on campuses across the US in particular. Read more

Israeli president: ICC warrants would hamper global fight against terrorism

As concerns grow in Jerusalem that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants for top Israeli officials, President Isaac Herzog denounced on Tuesday what he called attempts to “abuse international legal institutions – including the ICC – to deny the state of Israel its basic rights.” Read more

UK financier Jacob Rothschild dies

British financier and philanthropist Jacob Rothschild, of the renowned Rothschild banking dynasty, has died at the age of 87. Read more

President Isaac Herzog: 100 days of war

A hundred days have passed since life was halted, the skies darkened, and we, all of us, were exposed to a boiling and horrifying cauldron of terror and deep-seated hatred unleashed upon us. Read more

President Herzog lights the 8th candle with hostage families

President Isaac Herzog lit the eighth candle of Chanukah last night at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv with the families of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Read more

Letter from 6,300 Australians presented to President Herzog

6,300 Australians have affirmed their solidarity with Israel through a letter presented to Israeli President Isaac Herzog at a meeting in Jerusalem with a leadership delegation of the Zionist Federation of Australia and the United Israel Appeal. Read more

Israel reassessing ties with Turkey over Erdogan remarks

Israel is reassessing its relations with Turkey in response to Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s comments about the Gaza war, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen tweeted on Saturday night. Read more

‘Too many red lines were crossed: Israeli hospital bans BBC News crew from premises

Citing BBC News’s “biased coverage” of the Gaza war, staff at the Galilee Medical Centre in Nahariya banned a film crew from entering the hospital on Saturday, according to a spokesperson. Read more

UEFA chief in Jerusalem

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog hosted the President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Aleksander Čeferin, in his office in Jerusalem. Read more

Herzog’s lamentable performance

Far from the diplomatic triumph that some are making it out to be, Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address to Congress this week left a bad taste in the mouth. Read more

Israel’s President Herzog outlines Israel’s shared values with US in speech before the Congress

The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, yesterday addressed a special joint session of the US Congress in Washington with both the House of Representatives and the Senate attending. Read more

Herzog meets with Blinken after White House visit

Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday after visiting President Joe Biden at the White House. Read more

Israeli president in the US – visit to include address to Congress

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog is on an official diplomatic visit to the US. Read more

Herzog scores two White House invites, before Netanyahu gets one

Israeli President Isaac Herzog—slated to be in Washington to address a joint session of Congress—has been invited twice to the White House. Read more

Star of “Golda” Helen Mirren meets the Herzogs

President Isaac Herzog and his wife and First Lady of Israel, Michal, rolled out the red carpet for Academy Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren during her visit to Israel for the highly anticipated Jerusalem Film Festival. Read more

Herzog opens talks between parties to foster compromise on judicial reform

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog convened the first meeting on Tuesday evening in the hope of bridging the gaps and finding a compromise on judicial reform. Read more

Netanyahu: Herzog’s judicial reform proposal perpetuates imbalance of power

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a judicial compromise proposal presented on Wednesday night by President Isaac Herzog during an address to the nation earlier in the evening. Read more

Herzog pitches ‘people’s plan’ to resolve growing societal rift

Israeli President Isaac Herzog presented what he termed the “people’s plan,” referring to a compromise judicial-reform proposal that he developed, in a national address on Wednesday night. Read more

Israel’s president to attend Mount Scopus 75th anniversary celebration

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has accepted an invitation from Mount Scopus Foundation President David Gold to visit Melbourne. Read more

A prayer for Israel to be sent to space

President Isaac Herzog has met with Eytan Stibbe, the Israeli who will fly to the International Space Station in two months’ time with the Rakia Mission. Read more

Prime Minister Bennett and President Herzog light first Chanukah candles

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lit the first Chanukah candle at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and President Isaac Herzog visits the Cave of the Patriarchs where he also lit the first Chanukah candle. Read more

WATCH: President Herzog wishes Shana Tova to Jewish World, his ‘extended family’

In honour of Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish New Year to be celebrated on Tuesday and Wednesday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog has released a special greeting for Diaspora Jewry, wishing everyone “a year of health and of coming together.” Read more

Ambassador Mitch Fifield meets President Herzog

President Isaac Herzog met Monday at Beit HaNassi in Jerusalem with a delegation of foreign ambassadors to the US and UN visiting Israel this week. Read more

Smoothing things over? President Herzog speaks with Jordan’s King Abdullah

Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by phone with the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, who called on Saturday to congratulate him on his inauguration this week. Read more

Isaac Herzog elected as Israel’s next president

Isaac Herzog will serve as Israel’s 11^th president after 119 Members of Knesset cast their ballot on Wednesday and 87 of them voted for Herzog. Read more