Posts Tagged: Reuven Rivlin
Israeli President Welcomes Muslim Delegation From Europe: ‘Judaism Has Never Been at War With Islam’
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday met with a delegation from the Conference of Imams in France, as well as social activists from the French...
Mother of Young Man Whose Lung Was Donated to Nehama Rivlin Mourns Her Death
The mother of a young man whose lung was donated to Nechama Rivlin, wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, mourned her death on Tuesday. Nechama Rivlin...
Israeli President Issues Defiant Statement After German Antisemitism Commissioner Tells Jews Not to Wear Kippot in Public: ‘We Will Never Submit’
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin issued a defiant statement on Saturday after Germany’s top official on fighting antisemitism suggested that Jewish men should limit the wearing...
Holocaust Victims Remembered at Annual ‘Every Person Has a Name’ Knesset Ceremony
Israel’s Knesset marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday by reading out the names of victims of the Nazis. The annual ceremony, called l’kol ish yesh shem...
Israeli Leaders Condemn San Diego Synagogue Shooting as ‘Attack on the Heart of the Jewish People’
Israeli leaders reacted on Sunday to the shooting at a Chabad synagogue in Poway, California on Saturday in which one congregant was killed and three wounded. Prime...
Brazil President Raises Eyebrows Saying Holocaust Can Be Forgiven
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro drew veiled rebukes from Israel on Saturday after saying the Nazi genocide of the Jews during World War II could be...
With Less Than 24 Hours Until Vote, Gantz and Netanyahu Appeal to Voters From Smaller Parties
With less than 24 hours until polls open, the Likud party leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Blue and White party head, former IDF chief...
Israeli President Rivlin Meets Canadian PM Trudeau in Ottawa, Urges Solidarity Against Iran
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Monday, and urged international solidarity against Iran. “Iran is leading the establishment...
Rafi Eitan, Legendary Spy Who Captured Adolf Eichmann, Dies at 92
The legendary Israeli spy who masterminded the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann has died at 92. Rafi Eitan was a Mossad agent in 1960...
Rivlin: Israel ‘Strong and Resilient’ in Face of Iran Threat
Iran will continue to intensify its fight against the Jewish state, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin warned on Monday. Speaking at an Institute for National Security Studies conference...
Changing of the Guard at the IDF: New Chief of Staff Kochavi Officially Assumes Role
New IDF chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, officially entered the role on Tuesday at an installation ceremony at the Israeli military headquarters in Tel...
Israeli PM Vows to Bring Perpetrators of West Bank Shooting Attack to Justice
The condition of the baby of a victim of Sunday's shooting attack in the West Bank deteriorated overnight, and is now listed as critical. The child...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Urges United Front Against Iran During Talks With German Chancellor Merkel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a joint press conference in Jerusalem that the world must form a united front...
Rivlin Asks Ethiopian President to Help Secure Release of Israeli Held by Hamas in Gaza
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin asked Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome on Wednesday to help secure the release of Avera Mengistu, an Ethiopian-Israeli held by Hamas in...
