In Memorial Day speech, Rivlin calls for national unity

President Reuven Rivlin, speaking at the national commemoration ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, urges unity on this Memorial Day.

“We will not stop for a moment to work for the country your children fought for,” Rivlin tells bereaved families at the ceremony, stressing that the military was above any political disagreement.

“We did not leap into the tunnels as right-wing or left-wing, we did not lay in the trenches as the periphery and moshav communities, we did not storm the enemy as kibbutzim, villages, and cities,” the president says.

“We will continue to be a society that fearlessly and relentlessly holds back any enemy which disputes our right for a home in our land,” Rivlin adds. “At the same time, we won’t let any rift, gap, or divide embed itself among us.”