Reuven Rivlin

Grapevine, January 2, 2025: Is the Buzaglo Law still valid?

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

REUVEN RIVLIN with leaders of the Supreme Court during his round of farewells at the end of his presidency in 2021.
 ISRAELI ACTOR (‘Fauda’) and reserve soldier Idan Amedi, who was seriously wounded in the Gaza Strip, attends a press conference upon his release from the Sheba Medical Center in January.

Grapevine February 21, 2025: Welcome back, Idan Amedi

Former chief rabbi Yona Metzger

Former chief rabbi Metzger released on bail after alleged indecent act against minor

 Queen Elizabeth II attends the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, United Kingdom, June 16, 2007

Queen Elizabeth saw Israelis as 'terrorists or sons of terrorists,' former president says


Rivlin: Palestinian extremists turning Temple Mount into weapons cache

“No country in the world would accept a situation like this. We will never accept this reality. We will protect our citizens by all means necessary.”

Palestinians fill buckets with rocks following clashes with Israeli police on the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2021

Race for president set for June 2

Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog will formally announce in the days ahead that he is a candidate.

President Reuven Rivlin cast his vote in the March 2021 elections.

Grapevine May 7, 2021: A Dickensian iftar

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN with Egyptian Ambassador Khaled Azmi, who was one of the guests at the iftar dinner hosted by Rivlin.

Lapid, Bennett hope to form government within a week

Rivlin entrusted Lapid with forming a government on Wednesday

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid (L) pictured next to President Reuven Rivlin

Israel's failure to put ideology aside fuels political crisis - editorial

Rivlin has often spoken about Israel’s four tribes. In reality Israel has far more than that. If, however, we stay focused on what divides us we will never be able to unite.

THE KNESSET building in Jerusalem holds one of the world’s smallest legislatures.

Grapevine, May 2, 2021: Stranger than fiction

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN at an interfaith iftar in Abu Ghosh.

Rivlin to Macron: After Sarah Halimi, send message against antisemitism

“I heard with sorrow of the decision of the French Supreme Court to confirm the decision that the accused in the antisemitic, brutal and terrible murder of Sarah Halimi is unfit to stand trial."

French President Emmanuel Macron and President Reuven Rivlin at the Palais de l’Elysee in Paris, France.

Grapevine April 28, 2021: The clash between policy and practice

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN autographs the plaster cast of a Druze boy.

President Reuven Rivlin set to give Yair Lapid next mandate

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not expected to return mandate early.

YESH ATID Party head Yair Lapid addresses a conference in Jerusalem last week.

Rivlin receives credentials from new ambassadors from China, Japan

But both Cai Run of China and Koichi Mizushima of Japan each represent countries that are very important to Israel in terms of trade and investment.

President Reuven Rivlin is seen with Japanese Ambassador to Israel Mizushima Koichi at the President's Residence.