President Reuven Rivlin and First Lady Nehama Rivlin held a welcoming ceremony for Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and First Lady today (Monday). During their meeting, President Rivlin commented on last night's attack.
"We are very disturbed to understand that the terrorist from yesterday's murderous attack in Be'er Sheva is an Israeli citizen from the Bedouin community," said President Rivlin at the beginning of the event. He emphasized that "this attempt to turn the Israeli-Palestinian tragedy into a religious war would have disastrous consequences for all who live here in Israel and the entire Middle East."