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Israeli Presidential candidate Isaac Herzog (L) shakes hands with Speaker of the Knesset Yariv Levin, after he was elected president during a special parliament session in Jerusalem on June 2, 2021. - Israel elected the even-keeled Labor veteran Isaac Herzog as its 11th president, a parliamentary vote that coincidentally fell as opposition lawmakers scrambled to forge a coalition to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu. Herzog, 60, beat former headmistress Miriam Peretz to replace President Reuven Rivlin, who was elected in 2014 to the largely ceremonial position decided by the Knesset. (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Presidential candidate Isaac Herzog (L) shakes hands with Speaker of the Knesset Yariv Levin, after he was elected president during a special parliament session in Jerusalem on June 2, 2021. - Israel elected the even-keeled Labor veteran Isaac Herzog as its 11th president, a parliamentary vote that coincidentally fell as opposition lawmakers scrambled to forge a coalition to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu. Herzog, 60, beat former headmistress Miriam Peretz to replace President Reuven Rivlin, who was elected in 2014 to the largely ceremonial position decided by the Knesset. (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)