Posts Tagged: Israeli President
Israel’s Herzog Calls for Urgent Resumption of Judicial Reform Talks
i24 News - Speaking at a state ceremony on Sunday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog implored the political class to resume dialogue on judicial reform. Herzog warned...
West Bank: Palestinian Killed in Revenge Riots by Israeli Settlers in Huwara
i24 News - Israelis and Palestinians clashed on Sunday in the Palestinian town where a terrorist murdered two Jewish Israelis earlier in the day. There were...
Pope Bows to Pay Respect to Israeli President’s Ultra-Orthodox Bureau Chief
Pope Francis has become something of a media darling since entering the Vatican in 2013, and now the pontiff has drawn the attention of the ultra-Orthodox...
President Rivlin Warns BDS Movement is ‘Strategic Threat’ to Israeli Academia
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin offered to be a "soldier" in combating what he warned is the rising trend toward the academic boycott of Israeli institutions. Speaking...
Rebuilding Gaza Must Include Demilitarization, Israeli President Tells Norwegian FM
JNS.org - The reconstruction of Gaza "is one of our interests as much as it is [an interest] of all the free world," Israeli...
Israeli Parliament to Elect New President on June 10
Channel NewsAsia - Israeli lawmakers will elect a successor to outgoing President Shimon Peres on June 10, parliamentary speaker Yuli Edelstein told reporters on Monday. Edelstein's...
The Latest Unexpected Candidate for Israeli President
Solar energy entrepreneur Yosef Abramowitz has thrown his hat in the ring to replace the retiring Shimon Peres as Israel's president this summer. Abramowitz—whose unexpected candidacy...
Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman Kicks of Campaign for Israeli President
JNS.org - Dan Shechtman, who won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2011, met with Israeli politicians Monday to garner support for his recently...
Pope Offers Greetings for Israeli President Peres’s 90th Birthday
Pope Francis sent a special birthday greeting to Israeli President Shimon Peres Monday, a day ahead of official festivities that will mark the elder-statesman's 90th...
Different Coalition Possibilities Considered as 19th Israeli Knesset Inaugurated
Israel's new 120-member Knesset was sworn in Tuesday two weeks after the country's parliamentary election. "The public's eyes are on you, members of Knesset, in the...
In Weeks Leading to Elections, Israeli Candidates Party With the People (PHOTOS)
With a little more than two weeks left before Israeli elections, one might not expect to see the Prime Minister of Israel partying away at...
Israel President Wishes Muslim World “Ramadan Kareem” (VIDEO)
The Muslim month of fasting, known as Ramadan, begins on Thursday night, July 19th, and Israeli President Shimon Peres has released a video message wishing...