The Most Important Visit of the Israeli President to the United States
Isaac Herzog, the President of the State of Israel, has set off for the United States to conduct one of the most important official visits by a president of this state to America. He will be welcomed in Washington by his brother, who is the ambassador of his government to the United States. Herzog is heading to Washington at a time when the most crucial issue for Joe Biden, the President of the United States, and his foreign policy team is the current elections in the occupied territories.
The significance of Yair Lapid’s victory and preventing Benjamin Netanyahu from returning to power has influenced many decisions and plans of Biden’s team.
In line with a familiar process in all parliamentary democracies, within the structure of the Israeli government, it is the president who assigns the task of forming the government after the elections to an individual determined by the election results and the evaluation of the composition of the Knesset seats.
Herzog had previously spoken in semi-official and key discussions with some key Knesset representatives about his commitment to preventing a crisis following the elections and prolonging the government formation process.