Israeli President Rivlin Questions Country's Future
Forward (New York)
http://forward.com/news/israel/306450/reuven-rivlin-speaks-out/Sixty-seven years after the State of Israel's founding, its president told reporters that it is "not obvious" that Israel will survive into the future. Offering sober remarks timed for release on the eve of his first Independence Day as Israel's chief of state, Reuven Rivlin pointed to fissures deep within Israeli society and to the lack of acceptance Israel faces from its Palestinian neighbors as among the issues that cause him to worry about his country's durability ... He cited Jewish racism against Arab citizens of Israel, who constitute one-fifth of the country's population, as one of the main concerns for his worries about the country's future ... Since he assumed office last July, Rivlin, who is 75, has served as a kind of grandfatherly figure for the fractured Israeli public.
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