Reuven Rivlin Quotes

Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people, and the modern presence there just cements this.

I believe that the Jewish state will exist forever.

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea.

Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.

I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.

For thousands of years, we Jews have been nourished and sustained by a yearning for our historic land …. I believed and to this day still believe in our people's eternal and historic right to this entire land.

For those who share my view that the Jews as a people have a right to self-determination, Zionism as a national movement of the Jewish people is the embodiment of this very right, which its opponents want to deny.

Israelis are the total Jews.

A challenge to the right of Israel to exist can be construed as a challenge to the existence of the Jewish people only if one believes that Israel alone keeps the Jewish people alive or that all Jews invest their sense of perpetuity in the state of Israel in its current or traditional forms.

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.

Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous who denies the existence of a Jewish nation.

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.

I am a Zionist!

It would be unjust to deny the rights of the Jewish people to realize their aspirations to establish their own state.

Let's admit the fact that it is only the establishment of the State of Israel that has, in effect, made these individuals into beings entitled to rights

My thinking is dominated by the future of Israel and the Jewish people wherever they are—in 30 years or 300 years.

The whole point of Israel was to create a place where Jews could live the best life - and liveliest - in accordance with their values.

Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.

We established Israel as a Jewish country. I want to provide an Israel that is a Jewish, Zionist country.

With all its being, the Labor Party supports Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. Labor built the state, and its leaders formulated the Declaration of Independence, the foundational document that anchors Israel as a Jewish state.

In my DNA, the Zionist gene is extremely strong.

When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has surpassed that dream.

There is no contradiction between the fact that Israel has full personal equality of citizenship but extends national rights only to the Jewish people.

I love the people of Israel. I love the land of Israel. I love the Torah of Israel. I love the Israel Defense Forces. I love our soldiers. If you feel the same way I do, you have a home.

I have probably become a lot more Zionist than I used to be. Jews have a history of being persecuted over a long, long period of time so I think it is absolutely right to have a country that is a Jewish state.