Following the final decision on the dissolution of the Knesset, the President issued a special message calling on voters to reach the polls despite public frustration: "At the opening of a third election campaign, I believe this is also a test time for the Israeli public - the one who will decide who their leaders are"

• President Rivlin: "This is a test time for the Israeli public" // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

Less than a day after the 22nd Knesset was dissolved, stating that the State of Israel will run for a third election within a year, President Reuben (Ruby) Rivlin addressed the public on Thursday with a request that it not lose confidence in the democratic system. President Rivlin opened his statement by saying that "at the end of two election campaigns and the opening of a third election campaign, I believe this is also a test time for the Israeli public - who will decide who their leaders are."

The president addressed the Israeli public's confidence in the method. "We must not sink into despair or useless tragedy at this time. We must not lose confidence in the democratic method and our ability to shape the reality of our lives in our own right. When it comes time, we will all come to realize our democratic right and do so with the hope of a better future as soon as possible for all of us." , Said the President. "

Knesset plenum before voting on the dissolution of the 22nd Knesset, last night // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

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The statement issued by the President made reference to the social rifts that seemed to have deepened over the past year. President Rivlin: "Israeli democracy has been and still is a source of our pride, and we know that the democratic system has its prices too. Praying that the depth of the current political crisis, about the rifts it exposes among us, will lead us as a society and a country to fight not only for our right to share one another - but also It is our duty to find what to agree on. "

President Rivlin seems to be cautiously optimistic by saying, "I know that we can live together as brothers even with the understanding that there are issues we will not agree on." At the same time, the president continues to hold fingers that the next election campaign will certainly be the last for the coming years. "I hope that this election campaign will last for the next four years. I believe that we will find the inner forces and know how to grow as a nation and as a member of the rift and divide between us - for agreement and action for the benefit of all of us," the president said in his appeal to the public.

Remember, yesterday the majority voted to hold the elections for the 23rd Knesset on March 2, 2020. For the first time, Israeli citizens will have to face the polls for the third time in less than a year, after yesterday no efforts were made to negotiate between the parties in the political system. .