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Reuven Rivlin

A letter to Israel’s incoming president, Isaac Herzog.
Differences in opinion must remain in the realm of debate. If we engage in internal strife, we risk losing the country we so struggled to create.
This is the time to effect change. Whatever your political beliefs may be, you have the power to shape the nature of the country in which you want to live.
The text of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s address to the nation on Sept. 16/27 Elul, ahead of the nationwide lockdown that will come into effect on Friday, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
Just because we are physically separated does not mean we are apart.
In effect, forgiveness and clemency are two sides of the same coin, and the very essence of humanity.
As a people, Jerusalem is our capital, but at the same time, each and every one of us also has our own private Jerusalem. It seems that herein lies the magical secret of this city.