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The first president with a Western European background was Chaim Herzog, who originally came from Belfast, United Kingdom. The first president with a Mizrahi background was Moshe Katsav, who was born in Iran. [citation needed] The first president to be born in the modern state after Israel's declaration of independence is Isaac Herzog. He is ...
Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג, romanized: Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving since 2021 as the 11th president of Israel. He is the first president to have been born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence. Son of former Israeli president Chaim ...
Eleven people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms. Another, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, was elected to three consecutive terms, although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term. Isaac Herzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Benjamin Netanyahu בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ Official portrait, 2023 9th Prime Minister of Israel Incumbent Assumed office 29 December 2022 President Isaac Herzog Deputy Yariv Levin Preceded by Yair Lapid In office 31 March 2009 – 13 June 2021 President Shimon Peres Reuven ...
The thirty-seventh government of Israel is the current cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022, following the Knesset election on 1 November 2022. [5] [6] The coalition government consists of seven parties — Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionist Party, New Hope and Noam — and is led by Benjamin Netanyahu, who has taken office as the Prime Minister of ...
In Israel's 75-year history, the committee that selects the president of the country's top court has always nominated the most senior judge for the position. With the court's current
One Druze lawmaker, 29 women, 23 new MKs and three openly gay MKs were elected to the 25th Knesset. [3] The number of Arab MKs was the lowest in two decades with 10 MKs. [4]On 30 June 2024, the Israeli Labor Party announced plans to merge with Meretz to become The Democrats, [5] with Labor MKs expected to become MKs for the new party; the merger was approved on 12 July. [6]
This was in addition to more than $1.2 billion dedicated to humanitarian assistance for Palestinians since Oct. 7, 2023. The U.S. is also Israel’s biggest arms supplier, spending at least $17.9 ...