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Herzog denounces ‘vicious’ assault of Pelosi’s husband
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, right, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, left, talk to reporters October 25, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Mariam Zuhaib)
President Isaac Herzog denounces the assault on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband by a man who has spread conspiracy theories about Jews and the 2020 American elections, leaving him with a fractured skull.
“Shocked by the vicious attack on Paul Pelosi and relieved that my friend Speaker Pelosi, who welcomed me so kindly this week, is safe,” Herzog says in a statement.
He adds: “Attacks on elected officials and their families are attacks on democracy itself. On behalf of the people of Israel, praying for Paul’s recovery.״
