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“The Knesset was like a second home for me … The confidence you have put in me obligates me to cease being a party member. I am no longer partisan but rather a man of the nation, one of the people.”

“I thank you for your faith in me … Long live Israeli democracy! Long live the State of Israel.” (President-elect Reuven (Rubi) Rivlin speaking in the Knesset reception after his election victory, 10/06/2014)