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.
The campaign by the IDF and Mossad was noble, but it can't be seen outside the context of today's reality, with 59 Israelis being held in Gaza.
Herzog is expected to participate in the event alongside other foreign leaders.
We had an excellent spokesperson in Eylon Levy, an Oxford graduate, who made a positive impact on each one of his TV appearances and online presentations. He was dismissed from the position.
After extremists disrupt Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, Herzog speaks with Reform rabbi to express solidarity and urge national unity.
In December, the court instructed the government to discuss creating a state commission of inquiry within 60 days.
The mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American-Israeli former hostage murdered by Hamas, said that a future deal was dependent on interest.
At various Independence Day ceremonies, close-up shots of soldiers were also avoided due to similar concerns.
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