(June 22, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n
Israeli President Isaac Herzog addressed attendees on the second day of the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Calling it a \u201cmoment of profound challenge,\u201d Herzog said Israel has faced significant trials and sent his \u201clove and blessings\u201d to those defending the country\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis important gathering brings together policymakers and thought leaders, experts, activists and innovators,\u201d the Israeli head of state opened his remarks.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor over two and a half years of war, the State of Israel has faced major threats, heart-breaking tragedies and tremendous achievements,\u201d he noted. \u201cAs we speak, the courageous women and men of the Israel Defense Forces are defending our borders, our homes, our families, from those who seek to harm us. We send them our love and blessings.\u201d<\/p>\n
Turning to the ongoing seven-front war on Iran and its terrorist proxies, Herzog said the Jewish state was \u201cnot opposed to a diplomatic outcome–on the contrary, we seek peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe dream of peace on all frontiers,\u201d he continued. \u201cHowever, recent developments are generating serious legitimate concerns in Israel; concerns which must be addressed, because we in Israel are in the line of fire. We are the ones being targeted by Iran\u2019s empire of evil and its proxies.\u201d<\/p>\n
He noted that the Islamic Republic has threatened to annihilate the world\u2019s only Jewish state for decades and called Tehran\u2019s nuclear ambitions a \u201ctangible threat\u201d to Israel and world peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(June 22, 2026 \/ JNS) Israeli President Isaac Herzog addressed attendees on the second day of the JNS…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-505043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}