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Netanyahu’s pardon push and the dangers facing Israel’s civic fabric - opinion

Netanyahu’s request for a preemptive pardon lacks a legal basis and risks deepening Israel’s political fractures as pressure grows to resolve his trial.

|ByYEDIDIA STERN
President Issaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend an event for outstanding soldiers on Independence Day this past year. Netanyahu has asked Herzog to take an impossible step, the writer maintains.
Evidently inspired by history, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week sent President Isaac Herzog a pardon request reminiscent of the one Herzog’s father received in 1986, hoping the son might now do for him what his father once did for another Israeli leader.

Middle Israel: Herzog must reject Netanyahu's cynical plea for a pardon - opinion

What Netanyahu gave President Herzog is a celebration of deceit and hypocrisy, penned by a PM who is promoting a draft-dodging bill and blocking an impartial inquiry of October 7.

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
A plaque on a stone reads 'Herzog Park' commemorating Chaim Herzog, Israel's sixth president, who was born in Belfast.

Dublin councilors accuse 'Zionist lobby' of preventing renaming of Herzog Park

Councilors said accusations of antisemitism over the decision to change the park's name were "unacceptable," with many blaming Israel for the situation.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A dog walks next to a plaque on a stone that reads 'Herzog Park' commemorating Chaim Herzog, Israel's sixth president, who was born in Belfast, as Dublin City Council has prepared a motion to rename 'Herzog Park' to 'Hind Rajab Park' after Hind Rajab from Gaza, in Dublin, Ireland, November 30, 2025.

Herzog Park name change means more than policy, its an attack against Jewish identity - analysis

The saga over the park in Dublin is not a trivial matter. It is about the right of Jews to be fully themselves in the societies they helped build.

|ByHERB KEINON

Pardoning Netanyahu is an imperfect - but necessary - end to the PM's long legal saga - comment

Netanyahu’s request for a pardon forces Israel to confront a decade of legal battles and the question of whether extending the trial is in the public's best interest.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 10, 2025.

Dublin withdraws plan to rename Herzog Park after drawing ire of Jews, Irish PM

Prime Minister Micheal Martin and Foreign Minister Simon Harris joined Israeli officials in denouncing the plans to rename the park earlier on Sunday.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
A plaque on a stone reads 'Herzog Park' commemorating Chaim Herzog, Israel's sixth president, who was born in Belfast, as Dublin City Council has prepared a motion to rename 'Herzog Park' to 'Hind Rajab Park' after Hind Rajab from Gaza, in Dublin, Ireland, November 30, 2025.

Israeli hospital honors Chaim Herzog after Dublin renames ex-president's park

Assuta Ashdod to dedicate campus garden to Israel’s sixth president after Dublin committee moves on Herzog Park; announced Sunday, in Ashdod.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The late president Chaim Herzog, and the new garden bearing his name at Assuta Ashdod hospital on Sunday

Dublin drops 'Herzog' name from historic park as pro-Palestinian protesters push for name change

While the council has yet to choose a new name, pro-Palestinian activists in Ireland are campaigning to see the name changed to ‘Free Palestine Park.’

NOVEMBER 29, 2025ByGADI ZAIG, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Demonstrators hold placards calling for Israel to be banned from the Union of Cycling International (UCI), UEFA and FIFA global and European soccer, during a national protest, ahead of the two year anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacre , in Dublin, Ireland, October 4 2025.

Geneva’s Disneyland of deceit sets the stage for UN’s betrayal of Jews, Israel - opinion

Geneva used to symbolized the League of Nations’ high hopes, then the post-World War II dreams. Today, it’s the stage setting for the UN’s betrayal of the Jews, of Israel, and of its founding ideals.

NOVEMBER 19, 2025ByGIL TROY
FROM LEFT: Former American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris, the writer, and Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN in Geneva Daniel Meron celebrate Zionism in Geneva.

Israel finds support among visiting German influencers

President Herzog hosted nearly 200 German influencers seeking to strengthen ties with Israel.

NOVEMBER 18, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Septemeber 14, 2025.

Herzog meets EU, Estonian, Latvian ambassadors, addresses Gaza, hostages, and EU sanctions

President Isaac Herzog emphasizes the importance of EU relations, denies Gaza famine, and urges dialogue with Turkey, while meeting new ambassadors from Europe and Africa.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Septemeber 14, 2025.

Herzog calls to strengthen ties with UAE in aftermath of Qatar strikes - exclusive

Israel's President Isaac Herzog made the statements at a service honoring fallen president Shimon Peres and prime minister Moshe Sharett.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Septemeber 14, 2025.

60 years since the founding of Netafim: President Herzog visited Kibbutz Hatzerim

President Herzog visited the place where the company was founded, which since its establishment has become the largest irrigation company in the world.

AUGUST 20, 2025BySHEVA DAROM
Netafim’s President and CEO, Gaby Miodownik, presented the president with the first dripper developed by the company

Herzog heads north: Israel’s Baltic outreach in increasingly hostile EU - analysis

Herzog’s visit to these three small EU states, with a combined population of 6.1 million, reflects Israel’s effort to secure dependable allies as its standing in Western Europe declines.

AUGUST 4, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Israel President Isaac Herzog and President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, August 4, 2025.

Grapevine, July 25, 2025: A future theocracy?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JULY 25, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Sheikh Muafak Tarif and members of the Druze delegation.