Reuven Rivlin elected as President of Israel

Reuven Rivlin was declared the tenth president of the State of Israel on Tuesday afternoon, beating Meir Sheetrit in a second-round runoff by 63 votes to 53, Yediot Aharonot reports. President Shimon Peres' successor was chosen after two months of fierce political campaigning, marking the end of what many are calling the dirtiest campaign in the history for Israel's most respected public office.

Reuven Eivlin je izabran  za 10. predsjednika države Izrael , u utorak poslije podne kada je dobio  ( u Knesetu, u drugoj rundi glasanja) 63 glasa i tako pobijedio Meir Sheetrita ( 53 glasa). Nasljednik Shimona Peress je izabran nakon  dvomjesečne  žustre političke kampanje  koju smatraju "najprljavijom" u povijesti Izraela   za ovaj najpoštovaniji  "ured".

In the first round, former Supreme Court justice Dalia Dorner received 13 votes, former Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik received 28 votes, Rivlin got 44, Sheetrit 31 and Nobel laureate Professor Dan Shechtman received just one vote. Of the 120 MKs, 119 voted with two spoiled ballots.