I am afraid President Rivlin has gone outside the scope of his mandate. As President of Israel he is not a parallel Prime Minister. HIs role is specifically defined and he is going beyond it. As a lawyer and much experienced politician he should understand this.

so rivlin is right. Punish the arabs by Israel claiming that the arabs forfeit this money to pay for reconstruction fees in Israel for destructions caused by the arab people!

To subsidize the palestinian electricity bille? There is a 1.5 billion NIS overdue invoice, further to the delivery of electricity needed to light the attack tunnels and to operate the machines of Qassam rocket manufactures. Is Rivlin a full idiot, or is he totally unaware? Both possibilities are bothering.

in how he has handled everything so far.

Not be compensated monetarily for gaza electric bill? Why should Israel Not Confiscate Money owed to Israeli's for damaged incurred by hamas Terrorist group for Damage caused by Rocket, Missile and Mortar fire during Operation Protective Edge? Nu What about compensation for Murdered Israeli's during. Operation Protective Edge??? When arabs show Respect, then And ONLY THEN should they receive it !!!

What is the matter w/ Israeli leadership ?! Just like his senile predecessor, now Rivlin is beginning to crudely interfere in state matters, way beyond presidential jurisdictions. Positively embarassing, both on domestic and international stage...With more elections looming, the house resembles a poorly managed circus....

in the government that warps the minds of ministers who suddenly when they come to power change from right to extreme left.

electric bill as everyone in the world must pay. Second any surplus goes to pay to fix terrorist damage they inflicted on Israel and the the balance would probably buy a really nice Schwarma or falafel. Or give it directly to Hamas healthcare so haniyeh's doesn't need to send his mother and grandchild to Israel for medical help which I am sure he doesn't pay for. It's called doing the right thing

be a figurehead. be nice and shut up. if you cannot meet these job requirements then resign. so shut up. same for peres. ever wonder why you never were elected to important position? you can execute but are a stupid naive politician. be an elderly grandfather. not stupid uncle.

blink of an eye. That's something, even in Israeli politics.

It will never be a Confederacy because Palestinians and Israelis dont have a common constitution.. Hebrew is the official language of the State of Israel, Judaism is the official religion of the Jewish State of Israel, Jerusalem is the Jewish capital of Israel and Benjamín Netanyahu is Israels Prime Minister!

Since his election to be President, Rivlin has become more Leftist than Peres. He must have learned from the Katzav affair. The good thing is that everyone ignores Rivlin, and is only waiting to find out what crime he committed.

Diskin, Litvin, Rivlin....? Lol

God alone will establish peace not humans and it will be God alone who preserves any of us mere humans. Thanks and praise be to you for the availability of your provision for life, Lord God.

Rivlin should keep out from politics and governance. The government knows what it is doing to protect Israel's national security interests.