(October 22, 2025)

Israel‘s President Isaac Herzog awarded the 2025 Presidential Medal of Honor on Wednesday to German media mogul Matthias Döpfner, known for promoting a pro-Israel line in his outlets, and to Israeli-U.S. megadonor Miriam Adelson, for their „unique contribution“ to Israel.

Döpfner, CEO of German media giant Axel Springer, the publisher of daily tabloid Bild and a close associate of Netanyahu, has been linked to the so-called Bibileaks affair involving the alleged leak of a classified document from Netanyahu‘s office to Bild in an attempt to influence Israeli public opinion concerning the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.