(Jewish Group) Slandering Chaim Herzog
In 2025, activists in Dublin rallied to rename a park bearing Chaim Herzog's name. One Dublin City Council member falsely declared him guilty of "ethnic cleansing, genocide, racism, and apartheid," adding that "there never should have been an Israeli state just as there never should have been a Herzog Park." Another called him "a genocider." The Australian Broadcasting Corporation published a piece falsely describing him as murdering, torturing, and shooting unarmed people trying to escape. A prominent Irish online magazine called him "a war criminal" who "massacred Palestinians."
Who was Chaim Herzog, really? He was President of Israel from 1983 to 1993, a statesman, freedom fighter, diplomat, and soldier. And his life story is a direct rebuke to everyone smearing him today.
When Chaim Herzog was born in Belfast in 1918, his family was becoming one of the most prominent in Ireland. His father, Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog, had immigrated from Poland to England as a child, then made his way to Ireland, where he eventually served as Chief Rabbi. A brilliant linguist, Rabbi Isaac Herzog learned fluent Irish and championed Irish liberation, befriending leaders like Ben Brisco, a Jewish Irish partisan who later served as Mayor of Dublin, and Eamon de Valera, who later became Prime Minister. Rabbi Isaac Herzog was known as the "Sinn Fein Rabbi" for his ardent support of Irish independence.
Despite his family's illustrious connections, Chaim never felt at home in Ireland. "I did feel different," he later recounted. "I was always aware that somewhere in the background I was being judged by different standards. When a Jew was arrested for a crime, the entire Jewish community shuddered, because it was expected that all Jews would be thought guilty.
As a teenager, Chaim's parents made a fateful decision: send him to the Land of Israel. Ireland's Jewish community was tiny, and they watched with dismay as young Jews drifted away from Jewish life. Hoping Chaim would remain proudly Jewish, they sent him to boarding school in Jerusalem.
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He is the father of the current Israeli President who is not bowing to White House pressure to "pardon" the prime minister.