President Reuven Rivlin told Israeli ambassadors to Europe, North America, the Middle East and international organizations, Monday, "It is crucially important to rebuild and improve the relations between Israeli leadership and the global Jewish community, first and foremost all streams of Jewish life in the United States. They are the ‘fifth tribe’ of our people."
Speaking at the Foreign Ministry's annual Heads of Missions Conference at the President's Residence, Rivlin also said, “Israel wants and must remain, first and foremost, a national home and a safe haven for the Jewish people. It seems like Europe, too, is increasingly looking for the language of nations, and this has both positive and negative implications. The differences between us and some of our European partners on the question of our relations with the Palestinians need not block all cooperation between us."