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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

Israeli presidential election

Isaac Herzog is sworn in as president at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
July 7, 2021, 6:26 pm
Herzog takes office as Israel’s 11th president, warns of dangers of polarization
New president sworn in on same Bible as father 38 years ago; Rivlin: ‘Long live the eleventh president of the State of Israel. Long live the State of Israel’
By ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama (right) talks with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during a bilateral meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, December 9, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSON)
July 7, 2021, 4:53 pm
Obama to Rivlin: Your leadership on Israeli democracy set a positive example
World leaders, including Prince Charles and Mahmoud Abbas, write and phone 10th president as he steps down
By Lazar Berman
President Reuven Rivlin at a ceremony awarding outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 70th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's residence in Jerusalem. April 19, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 7, 2021, 4:42 pm
The presidency that was: Reuven Rivlin’s seven years in office
Moments when Israel’s 10th president hugged, cried and laughed with the Israeli public
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin (right) with his successor Issac Herzog and Herzog's wife Michael. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)
July 7, 2021, 6:43 am
Herzog to take office as Israel’s 11th president in a day of pomp and ceremony
New president to be sworn in on same Bible as father; Rivlin on Israelis in letter to successor: ‘You’ll want to hug all of them. You’ll want to cry with them and laugh with them’
By ToI Staff
Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the Saban Forum in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
June 3, 2021, 5:29 am
Biden congratulates Herzog on presidential win
US president says Israeli president-elect has demonstrated unwavering commitment to strengthening Israel’s security, looks ahead to Rivlin visit; Putin also sends greeting
By Jacob Magid
Isaac Herzog prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on June 1, 2021, a day before he was selected by Knesset members as Israel's 11th president. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 2, 2021, 5:34 pm
Isaac Herzog: Israel’s unassuming and pedigreed new president
The country’s next head of state, a scion of one of its leading political families, vows to ‘build bridges’ within Israeli society after handily winning Knesset vote for post
By AFP
Isaac Herzog raises a toast at the Knesset after he was elected by lawmakers as Israel's 11th president, June 2, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2021, 5:01 pm
‘Mazel tov, Mr. President!’: Herzog feted after winning vote in landslide
Incumbent Reuven Rivlin tells his designated successor he’s ‘proud to pass on the baton to you’; Miriam Peretz, who lost the election, says his ‘success is our success’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Isaac Herzog outside the Knesset (Courtesy)
June 2, 2021, 1:36 pm
Isaac Herzog elected Israel’s 11th president, with 87 votes of Knesset’s 120
Jewish agency head, former Labor chief and son of 6th president defeats educator Miriam Peretz, says he’ll work to ‘build bridges’ within Israeli society and with Diaspora
By Raoul Wootliff
Yamina chief Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid are seen on Wednesday evening, as they inform President Reuven Rivlin they have succeeded in forming a government, June 2, 2021 (Courtesy)
June 2, 2021, 10:38 am
Change bloc clinches majority in 11th-hour talks, aims for swift swearing-in
Parties of potential coalition could try to oust Speaker Yariv Levin if he delays vote; leaders fear intense Netanyahu effort to break up bloc before vote takes place
By ToI Staff
Presidential candidates Miriam Peretz and Isaac Herzog (Flash 90)
June 2, 2021, 9:07 am
Wednesday’s presidential race is a microcosm of Israeli Jews’ deeper divides
Herzog and Peretz embody almost perfectly the Ashkenazi and Mizrahi halves of Israeli Jewish society. Who wins a showdown between Moroccan motherhood and Ashkenazi gentility?
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Presidential candidates Miriam Peretz and Isaac Herzog (Meir Elifor, courtesy)
June 2, 2021, 6:31 am
MKs to elect Israel’s 11th president: A political prince vs. a bereaved mother
Israel Prize-winning educator Miriam Peretz, who lost 2 sons in battle, vies to become country’s first woman president, while Isaac Herzog aims to follow in his father’s footsteps
By ToI Staff
Presidential candidates Miriam Peretz and Isaac Herzog (Meir Elifor, courtesy)
May 20, 2021, 6:57 am
And then there were 2: Isaac Herzog and Miriam Peretz to compete for presidency
Jewish Agency chief and ex-Labor leader receives signatures of 27 MKs; Israel Prize-winning educator garners 11 signatures; 3 other candidates drop out; Knesset votes on June 2
By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff
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Chairman of the Jewish Agency Isaac Herzog at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 19, 2021, 12:30 pm
Isaac Herzog, Miriam Peretz announce candidacy for presidency as race warms up
Jewish Agency chief and ex-Labor leader Herzog seen as frontrunner, followed by Israel Prize winner Peretz; ex-Likud MK Yehudah Glick drops out ahead of midnight deadline
By Tal Schneider
President Reuven Rivlin announces he is tasking Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid with forming a new government, during a speech at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 5, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 10, 2021, 5:38 pm
Knesset vote for President Rivlin’s successor set for June 2
Secret ballot to take place just over a month before Rivlin’s seven-year term ends; candidates have until May 19 to collect signatures of at least 10 MKs
By ToI Staff
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