Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2014 20:00:51 GMT
Next president Rivlin declares: Long live Israel
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Likud candidate and "man of Jerusalem" Reuven "Rubi" Rivlin was voted 10th president of Israel Tuesday after a dramatic day of voting.
Rivlin opened his victory speech with a prayer of thanks, adding that now he is leaving the Likud to become the president of all Israelis: "Jews, Arabs, Druse, rich, poor, those who are more observant and those who are less."
"We are at the end of a long, exciting election season, in which the public's trust in the presidency was harmed," the president-elect said in reference to the scandal-plagued campaign. "As president, I must rehabilitate that trust. I will continue to serve the public faithfully."
Rivlin continued, shedding tears of joy: "I start my way to a new home not far from here, in Jerusalem, Israel's capital. The house I go to is for all Israelis. It will be open to everyone...for a united Israeli experience. From this point, I am not a political person, I am one of the nation.
"Long live Israeli democracy! Long live the State of Israel!" Rivlin concluded.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who supported Rivlin's candidacy reluctantly, said he is sure the President-Elect will succeed in his two major jobs, to unite the nation and represent Israel to the world, and that the two of them will work in cooperation.
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Then, Rivlin headed to the Western Wall to pray, followed by the Mount of Olives, where his parents and his ideological father, former prime minsiter Menachem Begin, are buried.
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Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel, one of the first to openly pledge support for Rivlin, blessed him with the Priestly Blessing after he won.
"Israel got a nationalist, Zionist president who loves the Land of Israel and the Jewish People, a president that believes in the right of the Jewish People to its land and is not embarassed to say so," Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said. "[The Bayit Yehudi] supported him and we are overjoyed by the results."
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Likud candidate and "man of Jerusalem" Reuven "Rubi" Rivlin was voted 10th president of Israel Tuesday after a dramatic day of voting.
Rivlin opened his victory speech with a prayer of thanks, adding that now he is leaving the Likud to become the president of all Israelis: "Jews, Arabs, Druse, rich, poor, those who are more observant and those who are less."
"We are at the end of a long, exciting election season, in which the public's trust in the presidency was harmed," the president-elect said in reference to the scandal-plagued campaign. "As president, I must rehabilitate that trust. I will continue to serve the public faithfully."
Rivlin continued, shedding tears of joy: "I start my way to a new home not far from here, in Jerusalem, Israel's capital. The house I go to is for all Israelis. It will be open to everyone...for a united Israeli experience. From this point, I am not a political person, I am one of the nation.
"Long live Israeli democracy! Long live the State of Israel!" Rivlin concluded.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who supported Rivlin's candidacy reluctantly, said he is sure the President-Elect will succeed in his two major jobs, to unite the nation and represent Israel to the world, and that the two of them will work in cooperation.
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Then, Rivlin headed to the Western Wall to pray, followed by the Mount of Olives, where his parents and his ideological father, former prime minsiter Menachem Begin, are buried.
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Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel, one of the first to openly pledge support for Rivlin, blessed him with the Priestly Blessing after he won.
"Israel got a nationalist, Zionist president who loves the Land of Israel and the Jewish People, a president that believes in the right of the Jewish People to its land and is not embarassed to say so," Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said. "[The Bayit Yehudi] supported him and we are overjoyed by the results."
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Full article (The Jerusalem Post)
Looks like this is who the Lord chose for next president. This reminded me a bit of how they used to appoint the kings, with the blessings and the "long live!" lines. Although the question here would be... who is the real king in Israel right now? The president, or the prime minister? Technically the PM holds more political power.
