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President Reuven Rivlin, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a press conference to give Netanyahu the mandate to form a new government, held at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 25, 2019, 9:52 pm
Back to square one: New elections loom after Rivlin’s unity bid falls short
In tasking Netanyahu with forming a government, the president warns that ‘the public will pay the price’ if he and Gantz fail to find common ground
By Raoul Wootliff
President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on September 23, 2019, after holding consultation meetings with political leaders to decide whom to task with trying to form a new government. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 25, 2019, 12:56 pm
Rivlin may need more than charm to break post-election standoff
The ever-affable president is facing a quandary that has forced him to jump into the middle of a fierce battle for control
By Raoul Wootliff
President Reuven RIvlin helps volunteers pack boxes with food for needy families ahead of Passover, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)
April 15, 2019, 6:44 am
Publicly grilling MKs over who’ll be PM, Rivlin will expose gov’t sausage-making
On Monday, president starts talks with newly elected political leaders, asking who they want to lead next coalition. Unprecedentedly, he’ll do it for all to see. What is he up to?
By Raoul Wootliff
President Reuven Rivlin meets with residents from Nataf, outside of Jerusalem, on November 27, 2016. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
April 2, 2019, 6:15 am
Citizen Rivlin: Campaigns target the one voter who could decide the election
If the race is close enough, it will be the president who picks the winner — and that has Prime Minister Netanyahu worried
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) seen with President Reuven Rivlin (right) at the opening session of the 20th Knesset, March 31, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 25, 2015, 11:54 am
Rivlin, Netanyahu meet for first time in over two months
Last meeting between the two was on July 17; relations said strained after president rebukes PM’s foreign policy
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) seen with President Reuven Rivlin (right) at the opening session of the 20th Knesset, March 31, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 9, 2015, 12:57 pm
President says he is no longer speaking to Netanyahu
‘I think we’ve said everything that can be said,’ Rivlin explains, again criticizing prime minister’s handling of foreign policy
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) seen with President Reuven Rivlin at a memorial service marking 19 years since the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem. November 5, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 6, 2015, 3:58 pm
The man who will decide Israel’s election
If the race is close enough, it will be President Rivlin who picks the winner — and that has everybody worried
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, May 27, 2014. (Flash90)
July 14, 2014, 7:19 pm
Court puts temporary lien on Ben-Eliezer’s home
Police fear MK may try to preempt corruption charges by selling property to prevent sequester
By Stuart Winer
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, April 30, 2014, in Tel Aviv. (AP/Dan Balilty)
June 26, 2014, 12:32 am
Ben-Eliezer faces new probe on financial dealings
Police suspect MK received large sum from businessman in exchange for help in closing deals in Egypt
By Itamar Sharon
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer photographed in Tel Aviv in April. (Photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/FLASH90)
June 21, 2014, 10:44 pm
FBI questions Ben-Eliezer’s son in US
Former presidential candidate reportedly told investigators his son was source of millions found in safety deposit box
By Spencer Ho
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. (photo credit: AFP/Chris Jackson)
June 16, 2014, 7:03 pm
Rivlin receives royal good wishes
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II offers president-elect ‘blessing for a future of peace and prosperity’
By Aron Dónzis
A murder scene (illustrative photo: Flash90)
June 13, 2014, 2:22 pm
Murder, he wrote
A horrifying stabbing of two children by their father, sexual harassment allegations against MK Sheetrit dominate headlines
By Marissa Newman
All good now. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President-elect Reuven Rivlin meet on Wednesday in Jerusalem (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
June 12, 2014, 11:28 am
A presidential hangover
The euphoria of a great presidential race has faded and the papers wake up and say, ‘huh?’
By Yossi Nachemi
Presidential candidate Meir Sheetrit in the Knesset Tuesday, June 10, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2014, 11:55 pm
Presidential also-ran said to have sexually harassed housekeeper
MK Meir Sheetrit reportedly paid off his employee to keep silent; lawyer denies he was ever investigated
By TOI staff
President-elect Reuven Rivlin and Hatnua MK Meir Sheetrit embrace in the Knesset plenum after MKs finished casting their votes in Israel's presidential elections, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2014, 2:16 pm
How Rivlin nearly lost the presidency, and why it matters
Rivlin may be president, but it was Meir Sheetrit’s stunning showing that highlighted the raw power of the new Herzog-Livni axis and revealed where the political winds are blowing
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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