Rappler's latest stories on Reuven Rivlin
Netanyahu tasked with forming new Israeli government
Israel President Reuven Rivlin mandates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form the government after his initial attempts at negotiating a unity deal between the prime minister and his main challenger Benny Gantz fail

Israel heads to new election after Netanyahu stumbles
Israel will now head to the polls again on September 17, just over 5 months after an April election that saw Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing and religious allies win a majority

Israel president says Jews unsafe in Germany after kippah warning
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin says 'we will never submit, will never lower our gaze and will never react to anti-Semitism with defeatism – and expect and demand our allies act in the same way'

Netanyahu sworn into Israel's new parliament after election victory
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is among the 120 members of the Knesset, or parliament, sworn in during an official ceremony

Israeli president starts process of selecting next Prime Minister
Rivlin appears to have little choice but to pick incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his party won the most seats in the April 9 vote leaving it best placed to form a coalition government

Final Israel election results leave Netayahu on course
The final results give Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party 36 votes, one more than Benny Gantz's centrist Blue and White alliance

Israeli President tells Duterte: Hitler was 'the devil on earth'
As President Rodrigo Duterte meets with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, protesters outside the presidential residence hold signs saying 'Stop genocide' addressed to the Philippine leader

Rights activists to Israeli President Rivlin: Don't meet 'mass murderer' Duterte
'We believe that his visit to the Israeli Presidential Residence will bring President Rivlin, and the very institution of the Israeli presidency, into disrepute,' says the group represented by lawyer Eitay Mack

US defense chief in Israel for talks on Iran, Syria
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis meets with Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin

Netanyahu apologizes to Arab Israelis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologizes for saying Arabs were voting in droves in comments that drew US condemnation

Netanyahu secures clear majority to form next gov't
President Reuven Rivlin is wrapping up two days of talks with representatives of the 10 parties elected to parliament to hear who they would recommend as prime minister with six throwing their support behind Netanyahu

Israel apologizes for calling Brazil 'diplomatic dwarf'
The comment in July was made by spokesman Yigal Palmor after Brazil criticized Israel s military campaign in Gaza as excessive and recalled its envoy in Tel Aviv

Israel elects hawk Rivlin as 10th president
Reuven Rivlin will take over when Shimon Peres retires at the end of July
