Isaac Herzog

Netanyahu or Eisenkot? Israel's election leaves Herzog with an impossible choice - comment

With Likud emerging as the largest party but Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc ahead in the initial exit polls, the president faces a difficult decision over who should be given the first opportunity.

 President Isaac Herzog.
President Isaac Herzog presents the Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism to six passengers who acted heroically aboard a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight on September 30, during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, October 8, 2026.

President Herzog receives credentials of five new ambassadors to Israel day before elections

(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel needs unity: Why Herzog must bring Netanyahu, Eisenkot together - opinion

US President Donald Trump looks on while he speaks to reporters as he departs the White House for Joint Base Andrews en route to Dalton, Georgia, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 16, 2026.

Trump, the peacemaker, can make peace in Israel - opinion


Make-A-Wish Israel marks 30 years, says it has granted 6,500 wishes

The charity highlighted 14-year-old Arbel Rot’s meeting with President Isaac Herzog in a Rosh Hashanah appeal for children living with critical illnesses.

President Herzog, Arbel Rot, Denise and Avi Bar-Aharon Founders of Make-A-Wish Israel.

'No terrorist is immune,' Netanyahu says as IDF chief orders reinforcements to join manhunt

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir affirmed that should the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack is not killed during the manhunt, "he belongs on the gallows."

IDF operating at the scene of the terror attack near Neveh Tzuf in the West Bank, September 20, 2026.

Herzog's stance on Netanyahu's pardon raises possibility of compromise if election ends in deadlock

The president says his considerations on Netanyahu’s pardon request are "solely substantive," as unity government and rotation scenarios resurface amid coalition uncertainty.

President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak at an event at the President's residence in Jerusalem, May 1, 2025

‘Death sentence for traitors’: Stormy protest held outside of ‘NAZA’ director’s parents’ home

Culture Minister Miki Zohar accused the directors of treason this week and called for their citizenship to the revoked.

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor pose with the Special Jury Award for "Naza" during the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, Italy, September 12, 2026.

Shin Bet chief Zini: We will hunt down every Hamas member involved in October 7, across the globe

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog also attended the semi-annual ceremony honoring top Shin Bet achievers.

Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director David Zini visits at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror, on April 21, 2026.

Herzog stresses elections are 'not civil war,' says he sees no reason results would not be accepted

Herzog also addressed the controversy surrounding the documentary film "NAZA," as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial and West Bank settler violence.

President of Israel Isaac Herzog attends the Israel Police President’s Outstanding Officers Ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, September 6, 2026.

Seventy-nine judicial appointees take oath after 18-month selection freeze

Herzog hosted the ceremony alongside Supreme Court President Isaac Amit and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, placing the two officials at the center of the same event after repeated court battles.

A ceremony to swear in 79 judicial appointees following an 18-month selection freeze, September 15, 2026.

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King calls to immediately end municipal services to British Consulate

“There is no difference between east Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria or Binyamin,” Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King told the Post.

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King outside the British consulate in east Jerusalem on September 14, 2026.

Ethiopia and Israel share a new year - and an opportunity to deepen their historic ties - opinion

Ethiopia enters a new year of economic growth and major development projects while seeking to strengthen its strategic partnership with Israel.

ETHIOPIA’S GRAND Renaissance Dam undergoes construction work on the Nile River in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, on  September 26.  (Tiksa Negeri/File Photo/Reuters)

Behind President Isaac Herzog’s global search for the next ‘Voice of the People’ cohort

Voice of the People council member Deborah Apeloig and CEO Shirel Dagan-Levy speak to The Media Line about expanding global Jewish leadership and countering antisemitism.

Deborah Apeloig meeting President Isaac Herzog and the VoP Inaugural Event in Haifa, March 2025.