Herzog says Israel committed to ‚equality,‘ as EU parliament leader sounds warning – President delivers speech in Brussels ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day as bitter political fight brews at home; Metsola cautions that democratic values can’t be taken for granted | Timesofisrael

BRUSSELS — President Isaac Herzog declared Israel’s commitment to equality and justice in a speech Thursday to the EU lawmakers, after the president of the European Parliament stressed that those shared democratic values cannot be “taken for granted.”
“Liberty, equality, justice, peace — these are the fundamental values enshrined in the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel, which we shall uphold and defend at any cost,” the president pledged.