Netanyahu-Gantz Unity Government? Israel in 1984 Has Its Lessons
The partnership between Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres came about under circumstances not too dissimilar from those Israel faces today
Reuven Rivlin
Analysis As Netanyahu Begins His Third Campaign, Rivlin Readies the Ejector Seat
Netanyahu is racing against the legal and political clock while trying to hold fast to power, but Gantz won't be able to get rid of him
Editorial Close Ranks and Don’t Be Tempted
Even if another election seems a high-price to pay, the left cannot let Netanyahu get another term
Israel Election Results: Gantz Turns Down President's Co-premiership Offer
Netanyahu accepted the presidential offer that would see him keep the prime minister title in principle, but lose all powers to Gantz if indicted
Israel Election Results: President Rivlin Tasks Netanyahu With Forming Government as Unity Talks With Gantz Fail
The president is unlikely to task Gantz with the role if Netanyahu fails, which could set the stage for a third election cycle within a year
Analysis Election Results: No Israeli President Has Ever Faced the Challenge Now Confronting Rivlin
Rivlin’s duty is to end the Netanyahu era with as little national trauma as possible; the president is doing all he can to carefully extricate him from office, without causing further damage
Editorial Israel Election Results: President Rivlin, 'Saving' Israel Is Not Your Job
Benny Gantz promised he would not join a government that included Benjamin Netanyahu
Analysis Israel Election Results: Next Prime Minister Could Be Gantz, Netanyahu – or John Doe
The expected failure of national unity talks and the inability of both candidates to form a majority could yield a dark horse prime minister that no one expects
Israel Election Results: Rivlin Stalls Decision on Who Forms Government as Gantz, Netanyahu Teams Begin Unity Talks
Negotiations teams representing Likud and Kahol Lavan convened a day after the party leaders met, in what President Rivlin described as 'a significant step'
Israel Election Results: Netanyahu, Gantz Made 'Significant Steps' in First Meeting to Negotiate New Government, Rivlin Says
PM and Kahol Lavan met at Rivlin's residence, locked in stalemate as both insist on being first to serve as PM in rotation deal ■ Netanyahu got 55 recommendations, Gantz 54 – including the backing of Israeli Arab party
Opinion Benny Gantz's Tactical Waiting Game Is Too Clever by Half
The Kahol Lavan leader's preference for Netanyahu getting first crack at forming a government could backfire – and lose the whole ballgame
Israel Election Results: Three Arab Lawmakers Refuse to Endorse Gantz; Netanyahu Leads With 55 Backers
Balad won't back Gantz, leaving Kahol Lavan with 54 recommendations, while Netanyahu gets 55 ■ Rivlin summons Gantz, Netanyahu for meeting ■ Lieberman meets Gantz after he refused to endorse either candidate
Israel Election Results: Arab Alliance Endorses Gantz for PM, Lieberman Won't Back Anyone
Rare move by Joint List in bid to 'end the Netanyahu era' could give Kahol Lavan leader first chance at forming coalition ■ Lieberman: 'Joint List members are enemies'
Israel Election Results: Arab Party Demands End to Nation-State Law, Demolitions for Endorsing Gantz
All eyes on Arab Joint List and Avigdor Lieberman as consultations over who will attempt to form a government set to begin
Outgoing U.S. Envoy Greenblatt Meets With Israeli President Amid Post-election Talks
The American special ambassador to the Middle East is finishing his two-and-a-half-year tenure in region; he met with Netanyahu and may still convene with rival Gantz
Israel Election Results: Rivlin Not Expected to Meet With Netanyahu, Gantz Before Talks With Party Leaders
Likud and Kahol Lavan sources estimate that a meeting between the two leaders is possible but would not be Rivlin's first move
Analysis Netanyahu Will Need All His Magic Tricks to Pull Off a Win in Israel's Election
A victory that ends with the establishment of a right-wing-ultra-Orthodox coalition will give him the authority – as far as he is concerned – to break Israeli democracy
Palestinians Rage Over Netanyahu's Visit to Hebron, Warn of 'Dangerous Escalation'
Netanyahu made a rare visit to the heart of Hebron's Jewish enclave, where he is participating in a ceremony to mark the 1929 Arab massacre of Jews
Tune Out the Incitement, Israel's President Urges Public After Netanyahu Attacks Media
Reuven Rivlin's remarks follow prime minister's accusations of ‘terror’ and ‘anti-Semitism’ against Channel 12 News
Longtime Staffer of Israeli President Rivlin Interrogated on Suspicion of Misusing Position
The employee is suspected of breach of trust, and has been questioned twice ■ Police say Rivlin is not connected to the offenses the man is accused of committing
Rivlin Tours Korean Demilitarized Zone: 'This Place Can Endanger Global Peace'
Israeli president technically crossed into North Korea during trip, where he was photographed by North Korean soldiers
President Rivlin Decided Not to Intervene in Deportation of Migrants and Children
More than 70 foreign workers from the Philippines, most of them children, are due to be deported starting later this week
A Woman Who Killed Her Abuser Was Released From Prison. Three Others Are Still There
The women who have spent years behind bars want to believe that changes in the law and Dalal Daoud’s successful battle will help them go free, too
Nechama Rivlin, Wife of Israeli President, Laid to Rest at Mt. Herzl
Reuven Rivlin thanks public for their treatment 'of such a wonderful woman'
Israel Needs More Real People Like the President's Late Wife Nechama Rivlin
When you saw Nechma and Ruvi together, you could believe that not everything in Israel had been wrecked, that all was not lost
Opinion As Rivlin Mourns the Love of His Life, Liberal Israelis Pray He Retains the Strength She Gave Him to Confront Netanyahu
Nechama Rivlin’s graceful tenure as first lady stood in stark contrast to the pathetically pretentious airs of the prime minister’s faux-royal family