Reuven Rivlin Likud Isaac Herzog Independent Indirect presidential elections were held in Israel on 2 June 2021.

[3] The president's main role is meeting the leaders of each party following legislative elections to discuss nominations for prime minister, and giving a mandate to try and form a government to the candidate they deem most likely to succeed.

[4] Isaac Herzog was elected the 11th President of Israel with 87 Knesset members voting for him,[5] which was the biggest majority a candidate has ever won.

On 22 April 2020, MK Merav Michaeli of the Labor Party submitted a bill which states that a criminal suspect or defendant will not be able to run for president.

On 24 May 2021, the chairman of the organizing committee, MK Karine Elharrar from Yesh Atid, threatened to refuse to schedule the presidential election.

Yesh Atid believe that delaying or cancelling the presidential election is the only way to force Likud's hand and to get a vote on their legislation in the Knesset.