Israeli left's baffling support for Rivlin - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Akiva Eldar

Jun 9, 2014

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) stands with President Shimon Peres and Speaker of the parliament Reuven Rivlin (R) during a memorial ceremony on Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem marking the anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin October 20, 2010. Israel marks on Wednesday the 15th anniversary of Rabin's assassination by an ultra-nationalist Jew. REUTERS/Alex Kolomoisky/Pool (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - RTXTN9O — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) stands with President Shimon Peres and Reuven Rivlin (R) during a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem, Oct. 20, 2010. — REUTERS/Alex Kolomoisky

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and his wife Sara (2nd R) sit next to President Reuven Rivlin (2nd L) during a ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem commemorating soldiers who died in the 2014 Gaza war July 6, 2015. The ceremony marked the first anniversary of Israel launching "Operation Protective Edge" in response to rockets fired by militants from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RTX1J9ZU

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An Israeli settler walks between concrete walls for protection at the Jewish West Bank settlement of Ganim. An Israeli settler walks between concrete walls for protection at the Jewish West Bank settlement of Ganim, May 24, 2005. Ganim and another three Jewish settlements, Kadim, Homesh and Sa-Nur, at the northern part of the West Bank are about to be removed as part of Israel's disengagement plan in Gaza and north Samaria. Photo taken May 24, 2005. REUTERS/Nir Elias - RP6DRNASSZAC

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Ultra-Orthodox Shas party campaign stickers depicting party leader Aryeh Deri (R) and spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (L), are seen on a car in Jerusalem January 17, 2013. A fixture in successive governments, Shas, the ultra-Orthodox party draws its support from the fast-growing community of religious Jews of Middle Eastern origin whose spiritual leader is the 92-year-old, Iraqi-born rabbi Ovadia Yosef. According to opinion polls, it will maintain its 11 seats in parliament. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSAL

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