Isaac Herzog
“From Ankara’s side, while strategic imperatives have long been pushing Turkey to mend its ties with Israel, bashing Israel has become instrumental in mobilizing the constituency at the domestic level,” said Selin Nasi.
“The Israeli president should thank Ben & Jerry’s,” says the Palestinian Authority’s foreign ministry, warning of a “total boycott” unless Israel works to end “occupation.”
UAE becomes first Gulf state to open an embassy in Israel
UAE Ambassador Mohamed Al Khaja and Israeli President Isaac Herzog praise the ties between the two countries.
Erdoğan calls Herzog amid tense relations between Israel and Turkey
Relations between Jerusalem and Ankara have cooled in the past few years as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s pro-Islamist ideology has led to heavy criticism of Israel.
He used the same 107-year-old Torah that his father used, which has long been in the family.
Forty-five years after the Entebbe rescue operation, friends and family gather at the gravesite of Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, who lost his life leading the mission.
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.
“Despite the significant travel restrictions during the pandemic, we’ve succeeded in bringing tens of thousands of Jews home to Israel,” says Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog.
Isaac Herzog, chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, referenced the recent ban on kosher slaughter in Belgium and similar attempts to ban circumcision in Europe.
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog talks about the spike in immigration applications since the start of the pandemic, and the government’s obligation to support the “unusually high-quality” wave of aliyah despite the stresses of handling the COVID crisis.
“What happened after the attack is testimony to the resilience of the Jewish community, as well as the community at large. We remember and repair together,” said Pittsburgh community leader and chair of United Israel Appeal Cindy Shapira.
