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Reuven Rivlin Quotes

There’s no doubt that our hearts are with the residents of Gaza. We and the whole world are unable to get to a situation in which Gaza can be rehabilitated. There needs to be an international initiative with Israel’s participation, in order to bring an end to the enmity against us.

– Reuven Rivlin

I was born to a Likud which had light; there were no shadows.

– Reuven Rivlin

Jerusalem should not tolerate any religious war.

– Reuven Rivlin

Arik is suffused with a mystical belief about Jerusalem.

– Reuven Rivlin

There is a crisis on the Right. It sees the Jewish and democratic state as a democracy for the Jews. This is something I cannot countenance.

– Reuven Rivlin

Every opinion must be suffered. One must listen to what may be rousing, annoying, even shocking, but it must be done honestly, fairly and with equanimity, respecting the rights of every Member of the Knesset and each faction, guarding the minority in the face of the predatory majority.

– Reuven Rivlin

Israel’s foreign policy has three points: the relationship with the U.S., the relationship with the U.S., and the relationship with the U.S.

– Reuven Rivlin

Israeli society is comprised of four principal tribes growing closer in size.

– Reuven Rivlin

Germany remains among the few countries in Europe to acknowledge, officially and nationally, its responsibility for the crimes it led against our people.

– Reuven Rivlin

Direct talks is the only possible way to build trust and to resolve the conditions for a peace perspective between Palestinians and Israelis.

– Reuven Rivlin

Disagreements will always occur between us, but we all approach them wanting the best for each and every one of us, for the whole people.

– Reuven Rivlin

Everyone needs to understand that we were meant to live together in this country. We have to get to know one another; even if we don’t agree, we have to enable each side to express itself.

– Reuven Rivlin

I won’t allow any party to evade the question of which leader they support for prime minister.

– Reuven Rivlin

As a Jew, even if you were not born in Poland, the very name, Poland, gives rise to a shuddering in your body and a longing in your heart. This country was the breeding ground for the soul of the Jewish nation, and unfortunately, also grounds to the largest Jewish cemetery.

– Reuven Rivlin

It pains me to see the gap that exists in the public’s consciousness – religious and secular – between the notion of Israel as a Jewish state and as a democratic state.

– Reuven Rivlin

The politicization of the presidency would pose a real threat to the institution and its function.

– Reuven Rivlin

I want to thank the American people – on both sides of the aisle – for years of financial, diplomatic, and military support, and for helping us carry the burden of defense.

– Reuven Rivlin

We must immediately find the way to come and say to the U.S., ‘Despite the difficult differences of opinion between us, there are no closer friends, and no better allies than you to us, and we to you.’

– Reuven Rivlin

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