Trump thanks Herzog for announcing he will receive Israel’s Presidential Medal of Honor

By Nava Freiberg

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13 October 2025, 5:03 pm

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Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

US President Donald Trump (L) speaks as Speaker Amir Ohana and Israel's President Isaac Herzog applause at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025. (Photo by Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)

Ahead of his departure to Egypt from Israel, US President Donald Trump thanks President Isaac Herzog for announcing earlier that today he would award the American leader with the Presidential Medal of Honor.

“It was a great honor being with you, and I very much appreciate the Presidential Medal of Honor,” Trump tells Herzog in a video shared by Herzog’s office.

Herzog responds, “It’s my honor, Mr. President. We’re looking forward. You deserve every bit of it.”

The Israeli president’s office announced this morning that Trump would receive the prize — Israel’s highest civilian honor — in the coming months, at a time and place to be determined.