Reuven Rivlin

The meeting comes ahead of Rivlin's exit from the President's Residence on July 7, when he will be replaced by Isaac Herzog.

"The Israeli legal system is, without a doubt, one of the glorious achievements, and the clearest expressions of the Zionist dream, and Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel."

The 2021 winners were informed by President Reuven Rivlin's spokesperson on Wednesday that they had won.

Following the swearing-in ceremony, there will be a transition ceremony at the President's Residence, where President Reuven Rivlin will formally and symbolically hand over the keys to Herzog.

'You are a personality that brings the free world to understand why should we remain always part of the free world, part of democracy,' Rivlin told Merkel.

After the new government gained the confidence of the Knesset, albeit by a single vote, a cheer and applause went up in the plenum.

"In the past seven years I have learned even more about your work and the magnitude of the responsibility and my gratitude has only deepened."

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Two-year-old British child, whose ultra-Orthodox parents are Israeli citizens, has been connected to a ventilator at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital since birth.

President Reuven Rivlin who was quick to congratulate President-elect Isaac Herzog last week, was delighted to welcome him on Monday on a tour of his soon-to-be new abode.