Nides, a banker, had good relations with Israeli diplomats while a deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2013 but was not heavily involved in substantive diplomacy.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates Herzog, saying he's continuing in the “glorious tradition” of his father, the late President Chaim Herzog.
If the agreement between the right-wing hawk Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid holds, Israel will be led by someone other than Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in 12 years.
As an Israeli citizen currently living in Detroit, Yiftah Leket has witnessed firsthand the profound concern and anxiety of this amazing Jewish community.
