--- title: Michal Herzog | TIME description: Herzog is an attorney, advocate for women’s rights, and the First Lady of Israel canonical: https://time.com/author/michal-herzog/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/michal-herzog/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Michal Herzog ## Michal Herzog _Herzog is an attorney, advocate for women’s rights, and the First Lady of Israel_ ## Michal Herzog * ![Women walk past an installation of empty chairs during a demonstration by the mothers and relatives of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since the October 7 attacks, calling for efforts to save the hostages, outside the Charles Bronfman Auditorium at HaBima ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d0933a2bb874922/698a58a409208f52af41d5ba/israel-hostages-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Jul 12, 2024 ### [We Cannot Give Up on the Women Hostages](https://time.com/6997388/michal-herzog-israel-hostages-women/) Michal Herzog, the First Lady of Israel, writes about the need to speak out on behalf of the women a... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/michal-herzog/","name":"Michal Herzog"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/michal-herzog/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/michal-herzog/"},"name":"Michal Herzog","jobTitle":null,"description":"Herzog is an attorney, advocate for women’s rights, and the First Lady of Israel","url":"https://time.com/author/michal-herzog/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```