President of Israel
President of Israel · Person
Isaac Herzog has been Israel's eleventh president since 7 July 2021. He is the polished face the state sends abroad. In October 2023 he said of Gaza: "It's an entire nation out there that is responsible. It is not true, this rhetoric about civilians who were not aware or not involved." At the turn of 2024 a photograph circulated of him writing "I rely on you" on a shell to be dropped on Gaza. He called South Africa's genocide case at the International Court of Justice a "blood libel". In September 2025 the UN Commission of Inquiry concluded that he, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant had incited genocide. Swiss federal prosecutors examined a criminal complaint against him during his 2024 visit to Davos. On 30 November 2025 Netanyahu, on trial for bribery, asked him for a pardon. In April 2026 Herzog put the request on hold and pushed for a plea deal instead. The president is paid NIS 68,000 a month, more than the prime minister.
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was sworn in on 7 July 2021 ... He called South Africa's genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a 'blood libel' against Jews. ... During Herzog's 2024 visit to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office announced that it was investigating a criminal complaint against him. ... On 30 November 2025, Netanyahu formally asked Herzog for a pardon on his corruption cases.
it is right to first, before discussing the pardon request itself, exhaust a process that could lead to the formation of an agreement between the parties, outside the walls of the court
The Commission also concluded that Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide and that Israeli authorities have failed to take action against them to punish this incitement.
was sworn in on 7 July 2021 ... He called South Africa's genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a 'blood libel' against Jews. ... During Herzog's 2024 visit to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office announced that it was investigating a criminal complaint against him. ... On 30 November 2025, Netanyahu formally asked Herzog for a pardon on his corruption cases.
The Commission also concluded that Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have incited the commission of genocide and that Israeli authorities have failed to take action against them to punish this incitement.
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