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Herzog Slams WEF for Excluding Netanyahu, Urges Action

1/21/2026

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President Isaac Herzog (Israel) criticized the World Economic Forum's exclusion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Davos, calling it "a reward for terror."
In a meeting with Annalena Baerbock, president of the UN General Assembly, Herzog said ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant hinder Israel's participation.
Herzog plans to raise ICC sanctions at the conference and urged the international community to act against them.

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President Isaac Herzog (Israel) criticized the World Economic Forum's exclusion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Davos, calling it "a reward for terror."
In a meeting with Annalena Baerbock, president of the UN General Assembly, Herzog said ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant hinder Israel's participation.
Herzog plans to raise ICC sanctions at the conference and urged the international community to act against them.