Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

A multicultural society does not reject the culture of the other but is prepared to listen, to see, to dialogue and, in the final analysis, to possibly accept the other's culture without compromising its own.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

It's not for the president to determine the arrangements between Israel and the Palestinians, and the Arab world, but to be the bridge between opinions and to facilitate dialogue and understanding.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

The Palestinians must understand that this is our home, to which we have returned, and we also have to understand that this is the homeland of all those born to it.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

Netanyahu must mend fences with Obama.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

It can't be 'occupied territory' if the land is your own.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

I don't see any possibility of peace if there won't be open borders between us and our neighbors.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

There will never be peace unless we have open borders. But that does not mean open on our side and you continue to hit me on the other.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

There are many Palestinians who believe there is no way to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. They call for the right of the return of refugees to Israel - something which is unacceptable for the consensus in Israel and which strikes at the very heart of this issue.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

It's preferable for the Palestinians to become citizens of the state than for us to divide the country.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

Our enemy is hatred - the hatred inherent in fundamentalism.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

We cannot keep the Jewish state without being a democratic state.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

The Jewish journey started in the land of Israel, and it always strove to return there against all odds and all limitations.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

We need a broad government which will make decisions, but not a national unity government, because we are divided from within.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

The idea that the State of Israel could be democracy only for its Jewish citizens is unconscionable, and we must find a way to address this.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

The burden is on the Jewish majority in Israel to prove that the definition of their country as Jewish and democratic is not a contradiction.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

Whereas, in the personal realm, Sharon is a very sensitive person whose eyes often grow moist, in the national realm, he is entirely without emotions.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

I wish to strengthen the hand of the Prime Minister and the heads of the security agencies in the unrelenting battle for our right to maintain normal daily life in every place in Israel.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

We must stay focused on the bilateral negotiations between the Palestinians and us.

Reuven Rivlin
Reuven Rivlin

The Knesset was right to limit the president's tenure to seven years.