ريفين ريفلين فاز رئيسا عاشرا لإسرائيل ب 63 صوتا في الكنيست ضد مائير شتريت
Reuven Rivlin is elected Israel's 10th president Rivlin to be ceremoniously sworn in on July 24, 2014. Defeated Meir Sheetrit in the runoff. By Jonathan Lis | Jun. 10, 2014 MK Reuven Rivlin (Likud) was elected Israel's 10th president on Tuesday, receiving the support of 63 Knesset members in a runoff vote against MK Meir Sheetrit (Hatnuah). Rivlin will be ceremoniously sworn in as first citizen of Israel on July 24, 2014, replacing outgoing President Shimon Peres. He told Channel 2 the first thing he will do as president is thank all his "true friends." Asked if he is angry at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who did not support his candidacy, Rivlin said he is not angry at anyone. Born in Jerusalem in 1939, Rivlin is married and has four children. A lawyer by training, he served as director and chairman of the Beitar Jerusalem Sports Association, as a member of the Jerusalem city council for a decade and as chairman of the Institute for O