Isaac Herzog is the president of Israel. At the CICA summit in Baku on 15 October 2026, at least 10 delegations walked out as he began speaking, turning a regional cooperation forum into a visible protest over Israel's conduct and accountability.
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Isaac Herzog is the president of Israel. At the CICA summit in Baku on 15 October 2026, at least 10 delegations walked out as he began speaking, turning a regional cooperation forum into a visible protest over Israel's conduct and accountability.
Isaac Herzog has served as president of Israel since 2021. The presidency is formally distinct from the prime minister's executive role, but the office represents the state abroad and therefore carries political weight when Israel's conduct is challenged in international forums.
On 15 October 2026, Herzog addressed the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia summit in Baku. As he began speaking, at least 10 delegations walked out. Reports named Iran, Turkey, Kuwait, Pakistan and the Palestinian Authority among the delegations that left, while Qatar's emir remained. The split made the protest significant without making it universal.
Herzog's own framing emphasized cooperation and dialogue. The walkout exposed the contradiction between that diplomatic language and the refusal of several participating governments to remain in the room while Israel's head of state spoke amid unresolved accountability disputes tied to the Gaza war. The walkout states also face a test: leaving the hall is a visible signal, but symbolic protest is not the same as a policy capable of protecting civilians or producing legal accountability.
Azerbaijan, as host, presented the summit as a forum for regional dialogue and confidence-building. That claim was strained by the exit, yet the fact that other delegations stayed shows the forum did not collapse into a single bloc. Herzog's role in this episode is therefore best understood as representative: he became the focal point for a diplomatic protest directed at the Israeli state while using the same stage to argue for cooperation.
2026-10-15: At least 10 delegations left the hall as Herzog began addressing the CICA summit in Baku; reports named Iran, Turkey, Kuwait, Pakistan and the Palestinian Authority among those leaving.
2026-10-15: Qatar's emir remained during Herzog's speech, showing that participating governments did not take a uniform approach to the protest.
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