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Reuven Rivlin

10th President of Israel (2014–2021)

  • Fame63.3
  • Momentum18.0
  • Israel rank#152
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  • Fame63.3
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  • Wikipedia
    66 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Israel
    #152
    Politicians
  • Age
    87
    Born 1939
  • Awards
    7
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Israel's tenth president, who held the office from 2014 to 2021, advocates a vision most of his Likud colleagues don't share: full citizenship for Palestinians in a single state spanning the entire territory, paired with fierce defense of Arab Israeli rights.

Biography

About

Born in September 1939, Rivlin came up through Likud and Israeli parliamentary life, serving as Minister of Communications from 2001 to 2003 before two stints as Speaker of the Knesset—2003 to 2006, then 2009 to 2013. Elected president in June 2014, he spent seven years in the largely ceremonial role arguing for what he calls Greater Israel: not as exclusion but as full inclusion, extending Israeli citizenship to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza under a one-state solution. It put him at odds with the dominant two-state consensus and with much of his own party. His term ended in July 2021…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Reuven Rivlin

Reuven Rivlin
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The communities in Judea and Samaria [referring to West Bank settlements] do not threaten our existence, they guarantee our existence.
— Israel National News, 18 July 2012
Reuven Rivlin
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Zionism from its outset was a settlement movement. If we stop going on this path, how can we justify the faith that all of Zion belongs to us?
— Israel national news, 16 January 2012
Reuven Rivlin
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There are red lines that I as a democrat, say you cannot cross.
— Israel national news, 16 January 2012
Reuven Rivlin
said
[Israeli citizens who marry Palestinians need to move to] the other side.
— Jerusalem Post, 13 January 2012
Reuven Rivlin
said
The residents here [in Migron settlement] are not thieves and are not trying to banish people from their land.
— Jerusalem Post, 12 January 2012
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63.3
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Momentum18.0
Historical24.9
Now attention100.0
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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