The Most Important Visit of the Israeli President to the USA
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 of an Israeli president to the USA. He will be welcomed in Washington by his brother, who is the ambassador of his government in the United States. Herzog is heading to Washington at a time when the most critical issue for US President Joe Biden and his foreign policy team is the current elections in the occupied territories.
The significance of Yair Lapid’s victory and the thwarting of Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power has influenced many of the decisions and plans of Biden’s team.
In a familiar process seen in all parliamentary democracies, within the structure of the Israeli government, it is the president who assigns the task of forming a government to an individual after the elections, based on election results and an assessment 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 the prolongation of the government formation process.