Isaac Herzog

Some of the key events about Isaac Herzog

• 1992

  Elected to the executive committee of the Israeli Labor Party
• 1999

  Appointed as the Government Secretary in Ehud Barak's cabinet
• 2003

  Elected to the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) for the first time
• 2005

  Appointed as Minister of Housing and Construction
• 2006

  Served as Minister of Tourism
• 2007

  Became Minister of Welfare and Social Services
• 2013

  Elected as the leader of the Labor Party
• 2015

  Led the Zionist Union alliance in the general election
• 2015

  Faced criticism for comments suggesting that assimilation was a "silent Holocaust" for diaspora Jews
• 2016

  Received backlash for comparing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a couple going through a divorce
• 2018

  Elected as the Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel
• 2018

  Sparked controversy by suggesting that intermarriage and assimilation among American Jews was "like a second Holocaust"
• 2019

  Criticized for meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte despite human rights concerns
• 2021

  Elected as the 11th President of Israel
• 2021

  Drew criticism for his handling of tensions at the Western Wall regarding egalitarian prayer spaces
• 2022

  Faced controversy over his decision to light the first Hanukkah candle at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron

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