Signing guestbook, Biden stresses his and Herzog’s shared Irish roots

By Lazar Berman

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14 July 2022, 5:26 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Text written by US President Joe Biden in the guestbook of the Israeli President's Residence during a meeting with President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. (President's Spokesperson's Office)

“Bougie, my friend, thank you for all you and your family have done to deepen the ironclad bond between our two great countries,” write US President Joe Biden in the President’s Residence guestbook before his private meeting with President Isaac Herzog, using the latter’s nickname.

“From our shared Irish roots to our shared love of Israel, we are united in heart and spirit. May our friendship endure and continue to grow! That is the Irish of it, as my grandfather Finnegan would say. God bless you. Joe. 7.14.22”