Isaac Herzog is the new president of Israel. The Knesset elected him today in the first ballot with 87 votes. The other candidate Miriam Peretz got 26 votes. Herzog – current president of the Jewish Agency and former leader of Labor, as well as the son of a previous president of Israel – takes over from Reuven Rivlin as the eleventh president of Israel, who will remain in office until 9 July.
There were 7 abstentions during the vote. Herzog’s majority was one of the largest so far.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated the elected president. “I congratulate Isaac Herzog on his election as president and wish him great success on behalf of the citizens of Israel,” Netanyahu said. “I thank Miriam Peretz for her candidacy and I am sure she will continue to contribute to Israeli society as she has done throughout her life,” added the Israeli premier.
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