July 17, 2016
9:55 pm

President Reuven Rivlin and his wife meet with members of Shira Banki's family and leaders of the Jerusalem LGBT community on July 17, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)

Ahead of Jerusalem pride parade, Rivlin urges end to anti-LGBT incitement

Gay rights group files complaint with police after leader of far-right extremist group calls parade ‘all of society’s filth’

By Times of Israel staff and JTA

July 15, 2016
9:55 am

A woman seeking her son near the scene of an attack after a truck drove onto the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of revelers watching the Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, France, July 15, 2016. (AP/Luca Bruno)

Israel condemns ‘horrific’ Nice terror attack, offers assistance

Rivlin sends condolences to France; Netanyahu ready to help fight ‘evil’; PA denounces ‘cowardly act in the strongest terms’

By Times of Israel staff and Agencies

July 14, 2016
4:37 am

An Israeli teen hunts for Pokemon on the Tel Aviv beachfront (Channel 2 News screen capture)

Israelis, Palestinians get in on Pokemon Go

Regional tensions rear their head as Arabs, Jews play the wildly popular smartphone game

By AFP

July 5, 2016
2:10 am

Israel's ambassador to Egypt, Haim Koren, presents his credentials to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Ssisi in Cairo, September 14, 2014 (photo credit: courtesy)

Odd couple Israel and Egypt enjoying ‘best times ever’

Though the Jewish state remains deeply unpopular on Arab street, Israeli envoy says Cairo, Jerusalem see ‘eye-to-eye’ on region

By Brian Rohan

July 3, 2016
3:32 am

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel leave the former Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near the eastern German city of Weimar in Thuringia Friday June 5, 2009 (AP Photo/Ina Fassbender, Pool)

Obama: Elie Wiesel was ‘the conscience of the world’

US president eulogizes deceased Holocaust survivor and activist, whose life, he says, was an example to humanity to ‘never be bystanders to injustice or indifferent to suffering’

By Times of Israel staff

July 2, 2016
10:45 pm

In this Sept. 12, 2012, photo Elie Wiesel is photographed in his office in New York. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace prize winner, dies aged 87

PM Netanyahu mourns loss to Israel, Jewish world; Rivlin bids farewell to ‘Jewish hero, giant of humanity’

By Times of Israel staff

July 1, 2016
9:50 pm

Miki Mark, who was murdered in a terror attack near Hebron on July 1, 2016 (Courtesy)

Slain rabbi was ‘a pillar of his community, no one was better’

Friends and family, as well as President Rivlin, grieve for Miki Mark, who was shot dead in Hebron terrorist attack

By Times of Israel staff

July 1, 2016
7:55 pm

Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett on Channel 2's 'Meet the Press', June 4, 2016 (Channel 2 screenshot)

Bennett calls for imprisonment, expulsion of terrorists’ families

Amid escalation of terror attacks, politicians from right and left urge tough action to stem the tide of deadly assaults

By Itamar Sharon

July 1, 2016
1:51 am

PM Netanyahu, his wife Sara, US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro and his wide Julie Fisher, at a US Independence Day celebration, June 30, 2016 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu vows to fight inciters and sponsors of terrorism

At US Independence Day event, PM, president hail ties with Washington, call for speedy conclusion of military aid deal

By Raphael Ahren

June 29, 2016
8:55 pm

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a press conference after a session of the EU Parliament in Brussels on June 22, 2016. (AFP Photo/John Thys)

Rivlin sends condolences to Erdogan for ‘cowardly, murderous’ bombing

In wake of deadly Istanbul terror attack, president says Israeli-Turkish reconciliation ‘sends a strong message to the terrorists’

By JTA

June 28, 2016
10:49 pm

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman awards an unnamed Military Intelligence officer with the Israel Defense Prize, alongside President Reuven Rivlin and Director-General of the Defense Ministry Udi Adam, left, during a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 28, 2016. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

It’s classified: Israel Defense Prize awarded for top-secret work

Rivlin, Liberman laud honorees for their shadowy but critical achievements; even images of the ceremony are blurred

By Judah Ari Gross

June 25, 2016
12:02 pm

European Parliament President Martin Schulz (R) arrives with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) at the European Union Parliament in Brussels on June 23, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)

Abbas walks back claim rabbis sought to ‘poison’ Palestinian wells

After being accused of blood libel, PA leader reneges on ‘baseless’ allegation, says he didn’t intend ‘to offend Jewish people’

By Times of Israel staff

June 23, 2016
8:46 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, on June 20, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israel accuses Abbas of peddling lies, promoting blood libels

Netanyahu says Palestinian leader showed his ‘true colors’ in Brussels speech in which he claimed rabbis want to poison West Bank wells

By Times of Israel staff

June 23, 2016
5:54 pm

President of the European Union Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, center, President of Israel Reuven Rivlin, left, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini following a meeting at the European Union Commission headquarter in Brussels, June 23, 2016. (AFP/THIERRY CHARLIER)

Rivlin laments Abbas’s ‘strange’ refusal to meet Israeli leaders

In Brussels, president urges Quartet to give ‘serious consideration’ to Israel’s perspective in upcoming report on stalled peace talks

By Stuart Winer

June 23, 2016
2:45 pm

President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech at the European Union Parliament in Brussels on June 23, 2016. (AFP / JOHN THYS)

If occupation ends, so will terror worldwide, Abbas tells EU

In speech to Brussels parliament, PA leader repeats hoax story of rabbis calling for poisoning of Palestinian wells

By Tamar Pileggi

Topic: Reuven Rivlin

Ahead of Jerusalem pride parade, Rivlin urges end to anti-LGBT incitement

Gay rights group files complaint with police after leader of far-right extremist group calls parade ‘all of society’s filth’

Israel condemns ‘horrific’ Nice terror attack, offers assistance

Rivlin sends condolences to France; Netanyahu ready to help fight ‘evil’; PA denounces ‘cowardly act in the strongest terms’

Israelis, Palestinians get in on Pokemon Go

Regional tensions rear their head as Arabs, Jews play the wildly popular smartphone game

Odd couple Israel and Egypt enjoying ‘best times ever’

Though the Jewish state remains deeply unpopular on Arab street, Israeli envoy says Cairo, Jerusalem see ‘eye-to-eye’ on region

Obama: Elie Wiesel was ‘the conscience of the world’

US president eulogizes deceased Holocaust survivor and activist, whose life, he says, was an example to humanity to ‘never be bystanders to injustice or indifferent to suffering’

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace prize winner, dies aged 87

PM Netanyahu mourns loss to Israel, Jewish world; Rivlin bids farewell to ‘Jewish hero, giant of humanity’

Slain rabbi was ‘a pillar of his community, no one was better’

Friends and family, as well as President Rivlin, grieve for Miki Mark, who was shot dead in Hebron terrorist attack

Bennett calls for imprisonment, expulsion of terrorists’ families

Amid escalation of terror attacks, politicians from right and left urge tough action to stem the tide of deadly assaults

Netanyahu vows to fight inciters and sponsors of terrorism

At US Independence Day event, PM, president hail ties with Washington, call for speedy conclusion of military aid deal

Rivlin sends condolences to Erdogan for ‘cowardly, murderous’ bombing

In wake of deadly Istanbul terror attack, president says Israeli-Turkish reconciliation ‘sends a strong message to the terrorists’

It’s classified: Israel Defense Prize awarded for top-secret work

Rivlin, Liberman laud honorees for their shadowy but critical achievements; even images of the ceremony are blurred

Abbas walks back claim rabbis sought to ‘poison’ Palestinian wells

After being accused of blood libel, PA leader reneges on ‘baseless’ allegation, says he didn’t intend ‘to offend Jewish people’

Israel accuses Abbas of peddling lies, promoting blood libels

Netanyahu says Palestinian leader showed his ‘true colors’ in Brussels speech in which he claimed rabbis want to poison West Bank wells

Rivlin laments Abbas’s ‘strange’ refusal to meet Israeli leaders

In Brussels, president urges Quartet to give ‘serious consideration’ to Israel’s perspective in upcoming report on stalled peace talks

If occupation ends, so will terror worldwide, Abbas tells EU

In speech to Brussels parliament, PA leader repeats hoax story of rabbis calling for poisoning of Palestinian wells

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