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A solar field in Timna, southern Israel, built by EDF Renewables Israel and formally opened on December 15, 2021. (EDF Renewables Israel)
May 27, 2026, 3:49 am
Energy Ministry presents strategic roadmap for renewable energy by 2035
Plan to be presented to president details path to more than double renewable energy production, get rid of obstacles, improve coordination
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Isaac Herzog at a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 2, 2025, 6:24 pm
Without confession of guilt, Netanyahu’s pardon request a Hail Mary, experts say
High Court precedent indicates that either a conviction or a mea culpa is needed for president to issue a free pass, but Herzog and lawyers could aim for a conditional compromise
By Jeremy Sharon
Reuma Weizman, wife of Israel's then-president Ezer Weizman, during a special session of the Knesset on October 27, 1994 in Jerusalem. (AP/Joe Marquette)
April 15, 2025, 7:41 am
Eyewitness to history and former first lady, Reuma Weizman dies age 99
Post-WWII, the humanitarian aided orphaned Holocaust survivor children in Germany and later leveraged her position to open the President’s Residence for underprivileged Israelis
By Amy Spiro
Former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a conference at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, January 17, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 19, 2023, 1:07 am
Ex-president Rivlin: Compromise on overhaul might still damage democracy
In first TV interview since leaving office, Rivlin says he didn’t join protests against defense minister’s sacking because it was inappropriate, but phoned him to offer support
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog at a ceremony in Tel Aviv, March 13, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 16, 2023, 11:44 am
After coalition rejects his proposal, Herzog insists it’s a starting point for talks
President says he accepts constructive criticism of his ‘People’s Framework’ for judicial overhaul ‘with love and great respect’
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog presents his proposed alternative framework on the judicial overhaul, on March 15, 2023 (Video screenshot)
March 15, 2023, 9:28 pm
Warning of civil war, Herzog unveils framework for judicial reform; PM rejects it
President says proposal preserves Israel as a Jewish democracy, ensures judicial independence; Netanyahu: It doesn’t bring the necessary balance, Gantz accepts it, Lapid weighs it
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog delivers an address to the nation over the government's judicial overhaul legislation, March 9, 2023. (GPO)
March 9, 2023, 9:57 pm
Herzog tells coalition to abandon its ‘oppressive’ overhaul package, seek consensus
Decrying ‘nightmare’ crisis over judicial revamp, president says current planned legislation undermines democracy, asserts he has reached behind-the-scenes agreement on most issues
By Jeremy Sharon
President Isaac Herzog at the funeral of former Knesset speaker Shevach Weiss on February 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 20, 2023, 6:39 pm
The sudden, surprising indispensability of the Israeli presidency
As the judiciary fight escalates, only one institution has proven determined to bring the sides to the table, demand compromise and push back against narrow sectarian politics
By Haviv Rettig Gur
President Isaac Herzog delivers a message to the nation from his office in Jerusalem, February 12, 2023. (Screenshot/ Kan)
February 12, 2023, 11:08 pm
Herzog warns of looming ‘societal collapse,’ lays out compromise on legal overhaul
President says current plan would have ‘negative impact on Israel’s democratic foundations’; floats 5 principles as basis for reform, pleads with government to delay legislation
By Jeremy Sharon
President Isaac Herzog (left) and IDF chief Aviv Kohavi (right) award Naama Rosen-Grimberg the rank of brigadier general at the President's Residence, July 31, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)
July 31, 2022, 9:16 pm
In first, president appoints female officer as military secretary
40-year-old Brig. Gen. Naama Rosen-Grimberg, who has filled series of intelligence roles during 22 years of service, hailed by Herzog for ‘making history’
By Emanuel Fabian
President Isaac Herzog at Beit Hanassi, the President's Residence in Jerusalem, April 2022 (Ariel Jerozolimski for The Times of Israel)
May 3, 2022, 2:16 pm
Daily Briefing May 3: President on his ‘soft power’; Elite and the chocolate factory
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses highlights from Herzog interview and health writer Nathan Jeffay analyzes the Strauss salmonella outbreak and a new blood bank
By ToI Staff
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on February 16, 2022. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
February 16, 2022, 11:03 pm
Herzog hosts Pelosi in Jerusalem with widow of Israeli poet she quoted to Congress
President and US speaker emphasize ‘unbreakable bond’ between the two countries; Pelosi says Iron Dome funding will be approved next month
By ToI Staff
Then-president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 16, 2022, 6:16 pm
Employees allege Rivlin was abusive and a bully as president
Workers describe former Citizen No. 1 as insulting, dismissive, reducing some to tears; Rivlin apologizes, but notes claims are anonymous; former spokesperson backs him
By ToI Staff
Flanked to the right by his wife, Michal, and to the left by Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg, President Isaac Herzog tastes chicken made from laboratory generated cells without harm to the birds, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, October 25, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO)
October 25, 2021, 9:19 pm
Israel sending 120-strong delegation to Glasgow climate talks
At event in Jerusalem, President Isaac Herzog says the climate crisis must be addressed, ‘Not next year, not in two months’ time. Here and now’
By Sue Surkes
Fasting for climate outside the president's residence on September 10, 2021. From right: Michal Deutsch, Tamar Deutsch, Matanel Ciechanowski. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
September 13, 2021, 10:15 pm
Activist goes on hunger strike to press president on climate crisis
Michal Deutsch, 27, wants her protest to raise public awareness and convince Isaac Herzog to use his pulpit to put advancing a climate law at top of country’s agenda
By Sue Surkes
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