Israeli presidential candidates and former ministers Meir Shitrit, center left, and Reuven Rivlin, center right, shake hands during the Presidential election at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, June, 10, 2014.
Jerusalem:
Far-right hawk Reuven Rivlin was sworn in as Israel's 10th president on Thursday at a formal ceremony in parliament which saw elder statesman Shimon Peres stepping down.
"In prayer, in awe and humility, on your behalf and at your command, I come to faithfully fulfil my role as 10th president of the state of Israel," he said, a skullcap on his head and his left hand resting on a copy of the Old Testament.
"In prayer, in awe and humility, on your behalf and at your command, I come to faithfully fulfil my role as 10th president of the state of Israel," he said, a skullcap on his head and his left hand resting on a copy of the Old Testament.
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