Isaac Herzog is an Israeli politician and the country's current president, being the first president to have been born in Israel after the Declaration of Independence was announced.
In the past, Herzog had served several terms in the Knesset in the Labor Party and the Zionist Union in partnership with the Tzipi Livni-led Kadima.
His father, Chaim Herzog, was Israel's sixth president and his grandfather, Yitzhak Halevi Herzog, was chief rabbi of both Ireland and Israel. Currently, his brother Mike Herzog is Israel's ambassador to the US.
Herzog criticized steps to recognize Palestine without negotiations and slammed the ICC for investigating in bad faith.
Both Herzog and Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned of what Hamas and other proxies of Iran are doing, not only for the sake of causing irreparable harm to Israel but to the free world.
Herzog joined The Jerusalem Post for this special interview to bring both levity and understanding to a holiday that, now most of all, is complicated and difficult to celebrate.
Herzog: Israel's 76th year has been "marked by enormous pain and loss."
It has long been a tradition for the presidents of Israel to issue pardons on Independence Day and for the Jewish New Year.
The exhibition will feature 25 virtual video testimonies in Hebrew and English, filmed and produced by producer Noam Shalev.
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