Rivlin: If Peres’s recovery depends on him alone, he will prevail

President Reuven Rivlin says he is in touch with Peres’s family, as he pays tribute to his predecessor’s tenacity and will to live.

President Reuven Rivlin speaks with outgoing president, Shimon Peres, after being sworn in as the tenth president of Israel in a ceremony at the Knesset Plenum on Thursday, July 24, 2014. Photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
President Reuven Rivlin (right) speaks with outgoing president Shimon Peres after being sworn in as the tenth president of Israel in a ceremony at the Knesset, July 24, 2014. (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)

“I want to send prayers for the recovery of my friend Shimon Peres. I am following the reports from the hospital with concern,” Rivlin says, according to Army Radio.

“I talked moments ago with his daughter,” he adds, “Shimon knows how to fight and if it is up to him – he will win.”

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