Tag: Reuven Rivlin
In Knesset speech, Israel’s president blasts government over budget crisis, disunity
In his address to the opening of the 23rd Knesset’s winter session on Monday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin launched a fierce attack on the coalition government for its failure to pass a state budget...
Israeli ‘Air Force One’ ready for takeoff within two weeks
The first-ever plane for exclusive use by Israel’s prime ministers and presidents on official trips abroad is expected to be ready for takeoff within two weeks, Channel 12 reported on Wednesday night.
The customized Boeing 767, which has informally...
Due to pandemic, Israel’s president, justice minister announce pardons process for debt due to...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn on Tuesday announced the launch of a special pardons process for those in debt due to fines and those in financial difficulties, due to the...
Rosh Hashanah 5781: Only together
My fellow Israelis, tonight I am speaking to you on the eve of the State of Israel’s second lockdown, and I ask you to open your heart to me and to what I have...
Rivlin pays condolence call to family of rabbi killed in Palestinian stabbing attack
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin paid a condolence call on Tuesday at the family home of Rabbi Shai Oyahon, who was killed last week in a terrorist attack at the Segula junction in Petach Tikvah.
“I...
President Rivlin calls for calm after violence at anti-government demonstrations
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday spoke out against the descent into violence the day before of demonstrations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Internal Security Minister Amir Ohana.
“I want to say clearly,...
Rivlin, tech leaders meet with Israeli haredim as numbers in industry rise
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin met with haredim involved in the Israeli high-tech industry on Tuesday in the backdrop of a report noting a 52 percent jump in the number of Torah-observant workers in the field since...
Senior OECD official: Israel’s innovation and technology twice that of other nations
Israel is a world leader in digitization, cyber and medical technology, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Deputy Secretary-General Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen said on Sunday.
Speaking at an online conference hosted by The Jerusalem Post/Maariv group...
Can Pro-Israel Democrats hold off an AOC clone?
Up until now, the Democratic Majority for Israel has had a pretty good year. The ability of former Vice President Joe Biden to defeat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and a number of other candidates...
Israeli president to US Jewish leaders: ‘Anti-Semitism, racism two sides of same coin’
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin spoke to Jewish leaders on Wednesday about shared challenges in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and anti-Semitism.
In a video conference from his residence in Jerusalem, Rivlin said “these are...