The Latest Breaking News from Isaac Herzog

'Grave insult': activists vow to protest Israeli leader

Police and protesters appear to be on a collision course as activists vow to take to the streets to oppose the Israeli president's Australian visit.

AAP · Feb 6

ABC staff told not to use disappearing messages on topics including antisemitism and extremism due to freeze notice

National Archives issues disposal freeze order ahead of royal commission. Plus: ABC News radio’s monumental mix-up

The Guardian - AU · Feb 6

Jewish Australians must be safe from fear or harassment. But shielding Isaac Herzog from legitimate protest is not the answer

Allowing fair and peaceful criticism of a foreign head of state, even amid a deeply fraught Middle Eastern crisis, is not antisemitism

The Guardian - AU · Feb 6

‘I don’t think this was a good decision’: Labor’s Ed Husic holds ‘deep concerns’ over Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit

MP also tells Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast he backs peaceful protests against country’s actions in Gaza

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4

NSW Labor politicians to protest Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit in defiance of premier

Cameron Murphy, one of three MLCs to rally next week, says ‘we should not be welcoming to Australia the head of a state engaged in an ongoing genocide’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 4

Who is Israel’s president Isaac Herzog and why is his visit to Australia expected to prompt mass protests?

Herzog has been invited by the government on the basis of healing wounds after the Bondi attack, but some fear his visit will simply provoke further division

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3

Palestine Action Group plans march against Isaac Herzog’s visit despite protest restrictions

Calls for NSW police to ‘exercise their discretion’ and facilitate a peaceful rally in Sydney on 9 February while Israeli president visits Australia

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3

Protest ban extended to stop anti-Israeli visit 'riot'

Protest restrictions introduced after the Bondi terror attack have been extended ahead of the Israeli president's visit as activists plan nationwide rallies.

AAP · Feb 3

Albanese defends Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit as federal MP joins calls to rescind invitation

Independent MP Sophie Scamps joins Labor’s Friends of Palestine group and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi in objecting to Israeli president’s visit

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29

Afternoon Update: protests planned for Isaac Herzog’s visit; Tesla pivots to robotics; and Paul Dano breaks silence on Tarantino

Anthony Albanese says he welcomes Herzog’s visit and that ‘this country needs to come together’ to build social cohesion

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29