The Knesset voted 82-2 in secret ballot Tuesday to install President Chaim Herzog for a second five-year term. There were 18 abstentions.
Informed of the results by Knesset Speaker Shlomo Hillel, Israel’s Irish-born chief of state pledged to “work within the national consensus for the peace and unity of the nation.”
He also said he would continue to support his wife, Aura, in her efforts to beautify Israel’s landscape. The first lady heads the Council for a Beautiful Israel. Herzog also said he and his wife would work together “to reveal the good in the country.”
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