Bezalel Fund
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder welcomed President Herzog's decision to assign the mandate to form the government to Gadi Eisenkot. In the letter he sent, he called for an independent investigation of the events of October 7, for a fairer distribution of the burden of national service, and for strengthening ties between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. "We all share a deep longing for renewed security and hope," he wrote.