President Herzog presents Israel’s liberal face

President Isaac Herzog, and his brother, Israel’s envoy to the US Michael Herzog, could help Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu reassure the concerned Biden administration.
Israel's President Isaac Herzog (R) and Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after the former tasked the latter with forming a new government, in Jerusalem, on Nov. 13, 2022.
Israel's President Isaac Herzog (R) and Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after the former tasked the latter with forming a new government, in Jerusalem, on Nov. 13, 2022. - MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images
Mazal Mualem
Mazal Mualem
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Israel’s President Isaac Herzog returned Dec. 5 to Israel after a successful, official visit in Bahrain and the United Emirates — straight into political turmoil.

Ever since the Nov. 1 victory of the right and the ultra-Orthodox in the elections, Herzog finds himself being treated as the “responsible adult” — the moderate senior figure serving as the domestic and international face of Israeli liberalism. 

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