Isaac Herzog Quotes

I never argued against the position of the Chief Rabbinate on holy sites, including the Western Wall.

- Isaac Herzog

I promise: I will be a prime minister to everyone. For right and left, for settlers, Haredim, Druze, Arabs, Circassians. I will be prime minister for the center and for the periphery, for students and senior citizens.

- Isaac Herzog

Netanyahu is beholden to the extreme Right.

- Isaac Herzog

Unfortunately, the diplomatic destruction Netanyahu is causing will lead Israel to lose its Jewish majority and become a binational state. This unfortunate fact is something no law can hide.

- Isaac Herzog

Rabbis throughout the ages, from Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Hacohen Kook onward, strictly prohibited going up on the Temple Mount. And now there is a minority group of rabbis encouraging Jews to go.

- Isaac Herzog

Auschwitz will forever remain the black hole of the entire human history.

- Isaac Herzog

We need to separate the two peoples: Israeli Arabs are part and parcel of Israel, and Palestinians should be separate, as part of a two-state solution.

- Isaac Herzog

Look what's going on: the Iranians are spreading military capabilities throughout the region; look what's going on in Yemen, Hizbollah, their cooperation with Assad, terror activities the world over, undermining regimes and states.

- Isaac Herzog

With all its being, the Labor Party supports Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. Labor built the state, and its leaders formulated the Declaration of Independence, the foundational document that anchors Israel as a Jewish state.

- Isaac Herzog

Jews cannot be apathetic when hundreds of thousands of refugees are searching for safe haven.

- Isaac Herzog

I don't need a U.N. report to tell me whether my army... operates according to the international law guidelines.

- Isaac Herzog

There is an innate fear that runs within Israeli society of all that we see and hear around us, and you know what? It's a natural reaction of human beings.

- Isaac Herzog

There is a direct connection that cannot be severed between the diplomatic process and growth and prosperity.

- Isaac Herzog

The rogue states have to be told that there are lines that cannot be crossed.

- Isaac Herzog

Likud has been hijacked by a group of extremist settlers.

- Isaac Herzog

The problem is that when we speak of plan Bs, we already negate the possibility of moving on with plan A.

- Isaac Herzog

The needs of the business sector must be understood.

- Isaac Herzog

My family has been rooted and intertwined with Jerusalem for generations, and I am among those who say every day, 'May You return to Your city, Jerusalem, with compassion.'

- Isaac Herzog

Gush Etzion must be part of Israel for eternity.

- Isaac Herzog

Whoever wants Yesh Atid in the government has to vote for us - there's no other choice.

- Isaac Herzog

The Gaza leadership is stuck in its rhetoric of revolution and resistance. But the people are fed up with their leadership.

- Isaac Herzog

The government needs to defend its people, to take necessary actions even if they are extremely painful and tragic.

- Isaac Herzog

I think Israel suffered a certain trauma from a unilateral step of pulling out of Gaza.

- Isaac Herzog

I lead Labor - Labor is the party that founded the state of Israel; it's deeply rooted in Israeli society.

- Isaac Herzog

We have to build an iron wall to protect Israel.

- Isaac Herzog

There is no difference between me and Netanyahu in reading the threat of Iran. There is no daylight between us on this issue at all.

- Isaac Herzog

Housing is the number one problem facing the citizens of Israel.

- Isaac Herzog

No Israeli leader will accept a nuclear Iran.

- Isaac Herzog

I agree that a nuclear Iran is extremely dangerous, and I believe that it must be prevented.

- Isaac Herzog

The world is yearning for strong leadership and moral clarity; someone who knows the difference between good and bad.

- Isaac Herzog

After a long period of division, I will unite Israel.

- Isaac Herzog

I grew up in a house where service to the country was a way of life, not a means of reaching a personal goal.

- Isaac Herzog

I am sure of my ability to form a good government.

- Isaac Herzog

Israel needs to separate from Netanyahu in order to separate from the Palestinians.

- Isaac Herzog

Iran is a rogue state, a dangerous state. Iran spreads hatred all over the world.

- Isaac Herzog

We have to be responsible in what we say as leaders.

- Isaac Herzog

My dad always had huge respect for the British Army. He always thought it was one of the best. And I think it changed his life - those seven years in that Army.

- Isaac Herzog

I believe the masses everywhere want peace.

- Isaac Herzog

Israel is duty-bound to take in refugees.

- Isaac Herzog

The nation of Israel has had enough one-time leaders.

- Isaac Herzog

The creative treasure of Israel's artists and writers will survive forever.

- Isaac Herzog

Security is an underlining interest of Israel.

- Isaac Herzog