President Yitzhak Herzog visited Givatayim this morning as a guest of honor ahead of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the city.
Ran Konik, Mayor of Givatayim, invited the President of the State to plant a tree in the city's Rivkah Garden next to the tree planted by his father Haim Herzog, the late sixth President of the State of Israel. First graders at Alon Elementary School welcomed the President and the students of the city's Nationalist School Thelma Yelin sang before the president Shiri Tu Bashvet.
Konik presented the president with photos from his father's visit 35 years ago when he came to plant an olive tree in the city's Rivka garden. , even then came out to cheer and accompany your father, the sixth president of the State of Israel, ahead of the planting of the tree."
State President Yitzhak Herzog visiting Givatayim as a guest of honor ahead of the 10th anniversary of the city's founding (photo: official website, photo: Dovrot Givatayim)
State President Yitzhak Herzog was moved and said: "Tu B'Shvat is not only a holiday for the Jewish people, but there is something very deep about our connection to this land.
The person is the tree of the field, and the city is also the tree of the field in many ways - it starts from the bottom and goes up."
The mayor noted that the president's visit this year, the 100th year of the city's founding, is particularly symbolic and moving. "We are celebrating 100 years of the city of Givataim this year And we have a double and redoubled right because you are a friend, a true friend of the city of Givatayim, with which you have an important and long-standing close relationship.
I would like to wish you success in your important role, in particular in the current challenging period, in which your role is gaining renewed validity in unifying the people and calming the spirits and leading the country as an adult responsible with responsibility and courage for the challenges of this time and the challenges of the future."
The President of the State also referred to the complex period in which the State of Israel is: "I think that in this period in which we are facing a very significant internal challenge that occupies me day and night with deep concern, in the hope that we will restore the ability to speak within our people - both at the top and within the people who long for talks, dialogue and a solution Arguments and conflicts with compromises and broad agreements."
After the president of the country planted the tree next to the tree planted by his father, the mayor unveiled the new sign with the name of Yitzhak Herzog, which was placed at the foot of the tree and was designed exactly like the design that was installed near the tree planted by his father 35 years ago.
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