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The ask is tall as Saudi Arabia has emphasized such a step can only be taken in response to an Israeli roadmap toward Palestinian statehood, an issue on which Herzog declines to weigh in directly given his position as head of state.
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Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
This makes Lebanon the only Arab country with a Christian head of state, a tradition that continued earlier this year when President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and a Cabinet were elected on reformist platforms and vowed to hold those behind the port explosion to account.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
As Israeli head of state, Herzog has the sole mandate to issue pardons.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Nov. 2025
Although the crown prince is Saudi Arabia’s prime minister and not head of state, he was received with full honors.
—Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
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Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
This makes Lebanon the only Arab country with a Christian head of state, a tradition that continued earlier this year when President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and a Cabinet were elected on reformist platforms and vowed to hold those behind the port explosion to account.
—Molly Hunter, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
As Israeli head of state, Herzog has the sole mandate to issue pardons.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Nov. 2025
Although the crown prince is Saudi Arabia’s prime minister and not head of state, he was received with full honors.
—Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Head of state.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20of%20state. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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