Michal Herzog

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

"We will continue to plant, to build, to nurture life, and to choose hope. And so our answer is one and the same: to keep planting, building, nurturing life, and choosing hope,” Herzog said.

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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.
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

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog meet with residents of the northern moshav of Netu’a, northern Israel, June 10, 2026.

Grapevine, June 24, 2026: Reliving the nightmare - opinion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

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President Isaac Herzog and IDF chif Eyal Zamir seen during the annual Independence Day ceremony honoring outstanding soldiers that aired on April 22, 2026.

President Herzog honors 120 outstanding soldiers in pre-recorded Independence Day ceremony

Officials said the decision to pre-record the event was made in light of the ongoing ceasefire and the broader security situation, with attendance limited to the soldiers’ families.

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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.

MAY 8, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

MARCH 8, 2024ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
MICHAL HERZOG

Grapevine, March 8, 2024: The voice of Israel

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 8, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

FEBRUARY 23, 2024ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
(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.

FEBRUARY 16, 2024ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
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.

JANUARY 29, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

JANUARY 4, 2024ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE
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.

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

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska to visit Israel next week

Herzog, the wife of President Isaac Herzog, met Zelenska at the coronation of England's King Charles III earlier this year.

JUNE 12, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska arrives for a reception hosted by Britain's King Charles, for overseas guests attending his coronation at Buckingham Palace in London, Britan, May 5, 2023.