Abstract
Chaim Herzog served for two 5-year terms (1983–1993) as the sixth president of the State of Israel. The period of political instability that beset Israel during the decade of his presidency forced him to participate and make more active contributions to the political debates of the day than any previous president was called upon. In so doing, while he often pushed the conventional boundaries of presidential political noninvolvement, he was successful in keeping a balanced approach that ultimately earned him respect on all sides of a politically divided nation. The main landmarks of his presidency include the formation of national unity governments, a controversial presidential pardon in the Shin Beit Affair, and the first visit to West Germany by an Israeli president.
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Nikolenyi, C. (2022). President of Israel: Chaim Herzog. In: Kumaraswamy, P.R. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Israel. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2717-0_28-1
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