Israel elects Labor veteran Isaac Herzog as president in a parliamentary vote just ahead of a deadline for opposition lawmakers to forge a coalition to unseat PM Netanyahu
Isaac Herzog, 60, is a former head of Labor Party and opposition leader who unsuccessfully ran against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in 2013 parliamentary elections.
Wednesday's presidential vote came as Israeli politicians from across the spectrum were holding 11th-hour negotiations to cobble together a new administration aimed at ending Prime Minister Netanyahu's 12 straight years in office. He is scion of a prominent Zionist family. His father, Chaim Herzog, was Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations before being elected president.
If elected, Peretz would be the first woman to hold the office and also the first settler. She and her family lived in one of Israel’s settlements in the Sinai Peninsula until a peace treaty was struck with Egypt in 1979 and the territory was returned. To win, a candidate must receive at least 61 votes in the 120-seat Knesset. If neither does, a second round of voting will be held. Once elected, the country’s 11th president will hold office for a single seven-year term starting July 9.
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