President Herzog urges PM to act ‘in every way and with every tool’ to advance Trump plan

By Lazar Berman

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4 October 2025, 9:00 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

President Isaac Herzog (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, July 6, 2025. On the table is a picture of the hostages held in Gaza. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Writing on X, President Isaac Herzog calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “to continue acting in every way and with every tool to swiftly advance the plan presented by US President Donald Trump, and first of all—to bring our loved ones home.”

Herzog says Israel is in a “moment of opportunity, and I hope they will also open a window to ‘the day after’: in the return of the hostages, in a complete transformation of the reality in the Gaza Strip and the entire Middle East, in creating new diplomatic channels for Israel’s integration into the Middle East, and in a complete healing and mending within Israeli society in every sense.”