Israeli President’s message to CEOs in D.C.: ‘We need to be steadfast, take a deep breath, and finish the undermining of Iran’

Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke yesterday to a group of business leaders gathered in Washington at the Yale CEO Caucus. While discussions during the gathering were off the record, Herzog made his virtual remarks on the record. His main message was to convey a sense of regional solidarity around the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran and what he described as the “NATO-like” response of Gulf neighbors to Iran’s widespread retaliatory bombing, while characterizing the offensive as a prerequisite for Middle East prosperity.