# Reuven Rivlin

Reuven "Ruvi" Rivlin (born September 9, 1939), is an Israeli lawyer and politician, currently the president-elect of Israel.

## Quotes

* There is no consensus in Israel regarding the two state formula. We will not, under any circumstances, allow the establishment of a neighbouring state that will be a genuine threat on our existence.
** Israel national news, 16 June 2009
* Terrorism is trying to paralyze and silence democracies fighting against it, exactly as was manifest in the world's reaction to Israel's counter-terrorist offensive Cast Lead in light of the Goldstone Report.
** Israel national news, 23 February 2010
* We will not apologize – not for conquering Katamon or Jaffa or Tzfat, nor for liberating Hebron, and not for building Jerusalem our capital.
** Israel national news, 19 April 2010
* If the Nakba is a tragedy, then the establishment of the State of Israel is a tragedy. The Palestinians experienced a catastrophe that was brought on by their leaders, but the establishment of the State of Israel is not the reason for it.
** Jerusalem Post, 4 July 2011
* I whole-heartedly believe that the land of Israel is ours in its entirety.
** YnetNews.com, 31 October 2011
* Dividing Jerusalem will bring disaster for the city. It cannot be that every time something is built in Jerusalem, the international community censures it. This constant criticism is a mark of disgrace for the international community.
** Jerusalem Post, 22 november 2011
* The residents here [in Migron settlement] are not thieves and are not trying to banish people from their land. They came here innocently, with the encouragement of the State of Israel.
** Jerusalem Post, 12 January 2012
* [Israeli citizens who marry Palestinians need to move to] the other side.
** Jerusalem Post, 13 January 2012
* 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
* There are red lines that I as a democrat, say you cannot cross. I see it as defiance against Israel and Jerusalem as its capital as well as another protest against the historical narrative, a matter already pending before the High Court. (Responding to a MK Tibi-proposed bill recognising Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state)
** Israel national news, 16 January 2012
* 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
* We miss [Rehavam Ze'evi's] clear, ideological voice, his leadership, his larger than life presence.
** Israel national news, 16 October 2012
* Today, almost 20 years after Oslo, we can see clearly that the idea of separating the [Israeli and Palestinian] nations failed.
** Jerusalem Post, 28 october 2012
* For some reason the settlement enterprise is being accused of being an obstacle to peace. Personally, I explain at each possible forum that the obstacle to peace is the objection by the Arabs to it and the fact that they do not want us here.
** Israel national news, 1 November 2012
* I have a vision that suddenly all the Jewish people [from around the world] will come to live here... And if there were 10 million Jews here, we wouldn't have to give up on anything.
** Times of Israel, 28 May 2014
* Specifically, in these days when brutal and murderous terrorism seeks to drive us apart, we must reiterate to ourselves – here, in the Knesset, in schools, in academia and in the halls of Torah study – that to be Jewish is democratic and democracy is Jewish. Only in this way can we know that brutal terrorism will not break us physically, or our spirit.
** This bill strikes at Israel’s heart, 27 November 2014