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Reuven Rivlin

Type: Person

Name: Reuven Rivlin

Title: Politician

Organization: Knesset

Date of Birth: 09/09/1939

Place of Birth: Jerusalem

Nationality: Israel

Fact Sheet: Biography for Reuven Rivlin

First reported 32 mins ago - Updated 32 mins ago - 1 reports

Tzipi Livni

Government rifts over peace process revealed during Knesset committee meeting

While Minister Livni said at the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the government's goal is to restart negotiations, other coalition members insisted a two-state solution was never an official government position. A discussion at the Knesset's ... [Published Haaretz - 32 mins ago]

Entities: Tzipi Livni, Peace Process, Knesset

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Rivlin: Lapid a Serious Candidate for Prime Minister

Former Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin complimented Finance Minister Yair Lapid, Monday morning, telling the Ma'ariv daily, "I see in him the serious potential to be a prime minister of Israel."The Likud lawmaker added, referring to Lapid's Yesh Atid party ... [Published Israel National News - May 13 2013]

Entities: Yair Lapid, Reuven Rivlin, Likud Party, Yesh Atid

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Knesset okays preliminary reading of controversial bill that would make it harder to topple government

Likud MK Rivlin slams bill; Opposition leader Yacimovich brands it 'dictatorial.' The Knesset passed the preliminary reading Wednesday of the controversial governance bill, after a stormy debate, by 51 to 43. Opponents of the bill included members of ... [Published Haaretz - May 09 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Reuven Rivlin, Likud Party

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Knesset

Rotem wins pyrrhic victory on electoral reform

Despite Yisrael Beytenu passing bill in preliminary reading, Yesh Atid, Hatnua intend to change bill completely.David Rotem Photo: Jeremy SharonKnesset Law Committee chairman David Rotem (Likud Beytenu) succeeded in passing a preliminary reading of his ... [Published Jerusalem Post - May 08 2013]

Entities: David Rotem, Knesset, Yesh Atid

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Reuven Rivlin

MK Rivlin Opposes 'Disgraceful' Governance Bill

MK Reuven Rivlin voiced his harsh opposition to the Governance Bill, "I belong to the liberal Likud party, and this bill is a disgrace. If you're going to demand 61 MKs for a no-confidence motion, might as well adjourn the Knesset and re-convene it only ... [Published Israel National News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Reuven Rivlin, Knesset, Likud Party

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Likud Party

Rivlin on governance bill: Mockery of democracy

Likud Knesset Member Reuven Rivlin criticized the governance bill, which seeks to beef up the government’s staying power by making it less prone to toppling via no confidence votes, calling it a "mockery of parliamentary democracy." (Moran Azulay) ... [Published Ynet News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Reuven Rivlin, Democracy, Likud Party

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Ongoing crises in Knesset-government relations

Think About It: Lapid was constantly heckled, and wasn’t given the opportunity to finish a single sentence.Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset. Photo: REUTERSThe announcement just over a week ago by Finance Minister Yair Lapid, following his maiden speech ... [Published Jerusalem Post - May 05 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Yair Lapid, Reuven Rivlin, Andrew Scheer

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Pessah Grupper, former agriculture minister and long-serving Knesset member, dies at 89

Grupper served as head of the Atlit Local Council before going on to serve in the Knesset, representing Likud, for 18 years including one year as minister of agriculture in the Shamir government. Former Knesset member and Agriculture Minister Pessah Grupper ... [Published Haaretz - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Reuven Rivlin, Agriculture

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Rivlin: Pesach Grupper a "Rough and Gentle Soul"

Member of Knesset Reuven Rivlin reacted, Tuesday morning, to Monday evening's passing of former agriculture minister Pesach Grupper by saying, "Pesach was a unique and special man who said everything he thought, what was in his mouth and in his heart ... [Published Israel National News - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Pesach, Reuven Rivlin, Agriculture, Zionists

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 4 reports

Knesset marks the Armenian Genocide

The Knesset will hold a ceremony to mark the memory of the Turkish genocide of Armenians, almost 100 years ago, on Tuesday, the Israel National News informs.MK Reuven Rivlin (Likud) said before the ceremony that he believes that “as human beings and as ... [Published Public Radio of Armenia - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Armenian Genocide, Reuven Rivlin, Consolidation (IL), Turkey

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 2 reports

Rivlin: We mustn't ignore Armenian Genocide

, 18:48 / Israel NewsMK Reuven Rivlin (Likud-Beiteinu) said during a Knesset debate marking the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, "Turkey has been and will continue to be an ally of Israel, but this does not justify the Knesset's disregard of ... [Published Ynet News - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Reuven Rivlin, Armenian Genocide, Israel, Knesset

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Knesset Marks Turks' Genocide of Armenians

the Israeli Knesset held a ceremony to mark the memory of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915, Israel National News reported.MK Reuven Rivlin (Likud) said before the ceremony that he believes that "as human beings and as Jews, we must not ... [Published ARM Info - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Knesset, Genocide, Armenian Genocide, Reuven Rivlin

Quotes

"This electoral reform bill is a mark of Cain on the Likud's forehead," Rivlin said. "[former prime minister menachem begin is turning over in his grave. this is the destruction of democracy. if it passes, we can just close the knesset and call it only when requested by 61 mks. raising the threshold is wrong, because we should not prevent voices from being represented in the knesset."

Rotem wins pyrrhic victory on electoral reform [Published Jerusalem Post - May 08 2013]

...in establishing settlements and in agricultural development: Being agriculture minister, Rivlin said, was the goal of Grupper's political career, "and in the end he reached it.?"

Pessah Grupper, former agriculture minister and long-serving Knesset member, dies at 89 [Published Haaretz - Apr 30 2013]

The former speaker added: "pesach was a zionist to the core. he stood on the right of the jewish people to the land with all his might, yet acted on the understanding that in this country live even those who are not zionists but who were born of this land." Rivlin said Grupper was one of the most knowledgeable and involved ministers of agriculture regarding the building of the land and development of ag...

Rivlin: Pesach Grupper a "Rough and Gentle Soul" [Published Israel National News - Apr 30 2013]

Rivlin added that "as people who have heard more than once the denial of the horrors that befell us, i think it is inconceivable that we ignore the armenian genocide." (Moran Azulay)

Rivlin: We mustn't ignore Armenian Genocide [Published Ynet News - Apr 23 2013]

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Knesset Marks Turks' Genocide of Armenians [Published ARM Info - Apr 23 2013]
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The Armenian Genocide Still Denied by Turkey (a... [Published Ari Rusila's BalkanBlog - Apr 27 2013] Armenian as well other people around the world paid homage to the memory of 1.5 million innocent victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide implemented by the Ottoman Empire. 98 years after the Genocide the present Turkish nation not only deny that its predecessors ...
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