Michal Herzog

Boy George meets with Herzog, visits Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem during Israel trip

Also present at the event were Sylvan Adams, President of World Jewish Congress Israel and a member of the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem's board of directors, and former hostage Elkana Bohbot.

President Isaac Herzog presents Boy George with an award at the President's Residence, Jerusalem, November 2, 2026.
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal bless the former hostages under huppah

Mazal tov! Former Gaza hostages Sapir Cohen, Sasha Troufanov marry in heartfelt ceremony

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog at a Kibbutz Kerem Shalom event marking 1,000 days since the October 7 attacks, July 2, 2026.

Herzog, first lady, visit Kibbutz Kerem Shalom on day 1,000 since October 7 massacre

FROM LEFT: the National Library’s David Brownstein, the chargé d’affaires at the US embassy in Jerusalem, President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, and Sallai Meridor, the chairman of the National Library of Israel.

Grapevine, June 26, 2026: Moments in history


Israel's First Lady in Time Magazine: 'Hamas is weaponizing women's bodies'

Weaponizing of women’s bodies, sexual assault, and rape since Oct. 7 has taken the human race backward, Michal Herzog wrote.

 Michal Herzog speaks during a ceremony for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Rosh haShana (Jewish New Year) at the president's house with representatives of the diplomatic delegations to Israel in Jerusalem.

Michal Herzog, wife of President Herzog, addresses absence of women at hostage negotiation table

Michal Herzog at the Herzliya Conference advocated for female representation in hostage negotiations amid concern over Hamas's brutal assaults detailed in a recent report.

 MICHAL HERZOG

Israeli president's wife hosts the Israeli premiere of documentary Screams Before Silence

Both Herzog and Sandberg have made it a mission to promote global awareness of the sexual violence, murders, kidnapping, and other atrocities perpetrated by Hamas on and since October 7, 2023.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog speaks with Pramila Patten, UN special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict, as the president’s wife, Michal, looks on, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in January.

First Lady Michal Herzog: Silence from women in UN is 'deafening'

Israeli women have been at the forefront of presenting the realities of the Oct. 7 atrocities on the global stage, and no one has been a more prominent advocate for Israeli women than Michal Herzog.

 MICHAL HERZOG

Grapevine, March 8, 2024: The voice of Israel

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ILANIT MELCHIOR (left) with Michal Herzog.

First Lady Michal Herzog slams global women's rights organizations for failure to act

Michal Herzog said that Israeli and Jewish women felt "betrayed by the deafening silence" of human and women's rights organizations around the world, which chose not to respond to or address Oct.7.

 (L-R) Michal Herzog and President Isaac Herzog light Hanukkah candles with family members of people taken hostage in Gaza., at Hostage Square in Jerusalem.

Deborah Lipstadt: Only difference between previous rapes, Oct. 7 is Jews

Lipstadt said that she was “amazed” how far the denial of Hamas’s sexual violence reached and other October 7 atrocities.

The United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Deborah Lipstadt speaks during a press conference during a meeting of Special Envoys and Coordinators on Combatting Antisemitism on January 30, 2023 in Berlin.

Israel's Michal Herzog, UN's Patten unite against sexual violence in conflict

In a call to action, Under-Secretary Patten urged survivors, families of victims, and witnesses to break the silence, emphasizing that silence only empowers the perpetrators.

 Israel's First Lady Michal Herzog meets with United Nations officials on January 30, 2024

First Lady Michal Herzog talks amid Israel-Hamas war - interview

The conversation revolved around the realities of the war with Hamas, the lack of world response to the violence against Israeli women, and her priorities as first lady at a time of great need.

 The Media Line's Felice Friedson and Israeli first lady Michal Herzog, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Jan. 2, 2024

Back to school in pictures: Israel's prominent figures go to class

Israel's students and their parents and leaders all went back to school on Friday, kicking off the 2023-2024 school year.

 Parents prepare their child for the first day of school in Israel, on September 1, 2023.