Praise for former speaker Rivlin

A series of MKs are taking the podium for six-minute speeches.

Micky Levy (Yesh Atid), for instance, defends party colleague Yaakov Peri, who was attacked by Shelly Yachimovich for his high earnings in business before entering the Knesset.

Eitan Cabel (Labor) pays tribute to the former Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin, who nods back his appreciation.

Then Cabel turns to the issue of the Palestinians, barely mentioned thus far, he says, “but the crisis is ahead of us” on the Palestinian front. It’s the key issue, he says to Yair Lapid, and for all that Lapid and Bennett are “brothers,” Lapid needs to be aware of the differences between Yesh Atid and Jewish Home on it.

Uri Orbach (Jewish Home) also praises Rivlin — for the way you ran the Knesset and “the grace with which you left the position.”