Chaim Herzog
In a pointed exchange with Ireland’s envoy, Israel’s foreign minister said Dublin had failed to act on an “antisemitic” park-renaming bid until pressured.
The Dublin City Council is debating renaming the park “Hind Rajab Park” or “Free Palestine Park.”
A Jewish leader called the city council “full-on Nazi” determined to “erase Jewish/Irish history” amid reports the new name may be “Free Palestine.”
Israel’s former first lady laid to rest on Mount Herzl
World leaders send condolences to Israeli President Isaac Herzog • Aura Herzog was “an extraordinary individual who dedicated her life to the nation she loved,” says U.S. President Joe Biden.
“She lived modestly and raised a wonderful family while being constantly active on behalf of the public and society in Israel,” says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
Ben-Gurion Day to honor Jewish state’s founding father, host of Israeli achievers
Israeli President Isaac Herzog will also be briefed about the Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy, named after his late father and former Israel president.
He used the same 107-year-old Torah that his father used, which has long been in the family.
Isaac Herzog, 60, was elected by a secret ballot in the Israeli Knesset on June 2 with 87 votes of the body’s 120 members. He defeated Miriam Peretz, a social activist and former Israel Prize winner.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his congratulations, saying Herzog is continuing in the “glorious tradition” of his father, the late Israeli President Chaim Herzog.