Isaac Herzog is an Israeli politician and the country's current president, being the first president to have been born in Israel after the Declaration of Independence was announced.
In the past, Herzog had served several terms in the Knesset in the Labor Party and the Zionist Union in partnership with the Tzipi Livni-led Kadima.
His father, Chaim Herzog, was Israel's sixth president and his grandfather, Yitzhak Halevi Herzog, was chief rabbi of both Ireland and Israel. Currently, his brother Mike Herzog is Israel's ambassador to the US.
Herzog was supposed to participate in the COP29 climate conference in the country on November 20, along with numerous other global leaders.
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog hosted Weizmann Institute President, Prof. Alon Chen, as well as its chairman, Shimshon Harel, and Allied Group Chairman Prof. Itzhak Swary.
President Biden has spent the past few days promising to continue working to free all the hostages, who have been held by Hamas for over 400 days.
Netanyahu urged Iranians to imagine their free lives without 'the tyrants of Tehran' in an unusual English message.
Herzog said he spoke with Trump a few days ago and spoke of the "urgent need to bring our hostages back home."
Herzog, the 69-year-old brother of President Isaac Herzog, is a retired Brig.-Gen., former military secretary, and head of staff for defense ministers Shaul Mofaz and Ehud Barak.
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