President Reuven Rivlin has officially opened the visitors’ center at the President’s Residence for the general public to register after a trial period in which 30,000 people visited.
Rivlin said, “The President’s Residence is the home of all Israelis. Not of the majority, but of the whole people. The gates of the President’s Residence were not built to keep Israeli society out, but rather to give them a dignified entry to their own home. This house, when it was built in the past and now in the present, embodies a commitment that Israeli society should visit, host and be hosted at the President’s Residence in a pleasant, enriching, dignified and respectful way.”