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Sunday, September 1, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Rivlin slams ‘contemptible’ political rhetoric as election nears
President Reuven Rivlin condemns recent pre-election rhetoric as “contemptible” and calls for national unity.
“When… the discourse becomes contemptible, I urge you not to believe in the incitement and insults, and don’t listen to the voices that are eager to polarize the discourse — from right and left,” says Rivlin.
His criticism seems partly directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who on Saturday railed against the Channel 12 network’s owners and accused them of carrying out a “terror attack against democracy.”
Israelis head to the polls on September 17, for the second time this year.
