With mezuzas obtained from David's City, south of Jerusalem's Old City,President Reuven Rivlin inaugurated the new gates of the President's Residence on Sunday evening, in memory of former presidents Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Navon, who passed away during his term.
On the Peres gate, the ninth president's words, "I was a president who loved his people, and from now on I am a citizen who is in love with his people." On the Navon gate, a quote from the fifth president: "Whoever says 'go down to the people' does not know what he is talking about. You have nothing more uplifting than a meeting with the people." A placard on the front of the gate was inscribed with the words: "And your gates shall alway stay open, day and night, they shall never be shut." (Isaiah 60:11)