Hundreds of Israeli citizens on Friday afternoon gathered for a Kabalat Shabbat (the service said on Sabbath eve) outside the President's Residence with a message of unity for President Reuven Rivlin.
The unity rally was meant to express support for Rivlin, who has come under fire in recent days after he denounced “Jewish terrorism” in the wake of the arson attack in the Palestinian Authority village of Duma, which has been blamed on Jewish extremists.
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