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Israel’s Herzog Urges Kazakhstan to Lead Ethical AI Development

4/29/2026

Summary

Herzog Visits Kazakhstan

President Isaac Herzog of Israel visited Kazakhstan on April 28, 2026 and met President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
He met Chief Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen, Rabbi Shmuel Karnauch, and Chabad shluchim, praising their work.
He toured the Alem.ai AI center with Deputy Prime Minister Zhaslan Madiyev.
Tokayev cited Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson’s Almaty gravesite as a national cultural site.
President Isaac Herzog urged Kazakhstan to lead in ethical AI development for a sustainable future.

Summary

Herzog Engages Kazakhstan

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Nov. 6 that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords, first addition in his second term.
President Isaac Herzog noted his father Chaim Herzog helped build Israel-Kazakhstan ties and visited in 1993.
Herzog arrived with a tech delegation, proposed eliminating double taxation to simplify investment, and discussed AI projects.
Herzog’s office said any pardon request for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must first exhaust all other avenues.

History

Historical Context

On 26 October 1994 Israel and Jordan ended a 46-year state of war by signing a peace treaty in the Arava Valley, with U.S. President Bill Clinton mediating and the United States granting $698.4 million in debt relief to Jordan. The 2026 visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Kazakhstan echoes that diplomatic model by seeking new Middle-East-Central Asian cooperation.

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Herzog Visits Kazakhstan

President Isaac Herzog of Israel visited Kazakhstan on April 28, 2026 and met President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
He met Chief Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen, Rabbi Shmuel Karnauch, and Chabad shluchim, praising their work.
He toured the Alem.ai AI center with Deputy Prime Minister Zhaslan Madiyev.
Tokayev cited Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson’s Almaty gravesite as a national cultural site.
President Isaac Herzog urged Kazakhstan to lead in ethical AI development for a sustainable future.

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