Netanyahu Endorses Fellow Likud Member Rivlin For Israeli President

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reuven-rivlinIsraeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu announced today that he is backing fellow Likud party member MK Reuven Rivlin, the former speaker of the Knesset, in the upcoming presidential election.

Netanyahu and Rivlin have had a turbulent relationship.

“We’ve gone through a lot in our lives-some better times, and some less good times, and I hope that we will see better days,” Netanyahu told Rivlin in a phone conversation, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

“I waited to see the final list of candidates, and as prime minister and head of the Likud, I support your candidacy,” Netanyahu said.

The prime minister’s announcement came after an endorsement of Rivlin by Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, who heads the Habayit Hayehudi party.

“Ruby (Rivlin) is the natural candidate for Israel’s presidency,” Bennett said in a statement.

Rivlin, 74, has also gained the support of Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and the leader of the Shas party, Aryeh Deri.

The Knesset vote to determine the next Israeli president is scheduled for June 10.

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{Matzav.com Israel}


2 COMMENTS

  1. Indeed Netanyahu’s speech was a proifle in courage. Obama’s was a proifle in cowardice.Netanyahu spoke the truth about Iran and the UN. He challenged them to do something concrete about the Iranian nuclear program. He defended his country’s actions in the war last year against Hamas against the moral idiots at the UN.Obama, on the other hand, did nothing but spout politically correct inanities. The man is stunningly naive, with a child-like view of the world that is breathtaking. He insults his own country again and again. He is more narcissistic than any politician I’ve known. And he is a moral coward because he hides behind politically correct pieties and refuses to address, let alone acknowledge the villains and evil nations in the world.

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