Report: Netanyahu barred Herzog from being on stage during Trump’s Board of Peace event in Davos

By Lazar Berman

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24 January 2026, 8:59 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Paraguay's President Santiago Pena (second from left), Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (fifth from left), Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani (center right), Argentina's President Javier Milei (sixth from right), Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (fourth from right), Bulgaria's former Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov (third from right), Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (second from right) and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev pose with US President Donald Trump (center) holding a signed founding charter at the 'Board of Peace' meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2026. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)

The White House twice asked the Prime Minister’s Office to allow President Isaac Herzog to sit on the stage in Davos for the Board of Peace unveiling ceremony on Thursday, Channel 12 reports.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused the request, saying that he was the one invited to the ceremony.

Netanyahu stayed away from the World Economic Forum, as Switzerland is party to the International Criminal Court and said it would enforce the arrest warrant against Netanyahu if he landed on Swiss territory.

Herzog’s office declines to comment on the report.