Jun 2, 2021
Knesset members elected Isaac Herzog, who ran against Miriam Peretz, an Israel Prize laureate who lost two of her sons during their service in the IDF.
By Aryeh Savir, TPS
Isaac Herzog will serve as Israel’s 11th president after 119 Members of Knesset cast their ballot on Wednesday and 87 of them voted for Herzog.
Herzog achieved the largest-ever majority in an election to Israel’s president.
The Knesset elects the President of the State by secret ballot for a single seven-year term.
Herzog ran against Miriam Peretz, an Israel Prize laureate who lost two of her sons during their service in the IDF.
Over the past day, 74 suspects were arrested for illegal possession of weapons and assaulting police officers.
By Aryeh Savir, TPS
Police forces operating throughout the country on Monday arrested 74 Arabs suspected of involvement in the violence and riots perpetrated by Muslims during the IDF’s Operation Guardian of the Walls against Hamas.
Following the violent incidents that Israel was faced with in the past two weeks, the police launched Operation Law and Order, in which thousands of policemen and Border Police troops are operating at high intensity and in a comprehensive deployment against the rioters, criminals, and all those involved in the violence.