Wife Of Israeli President Dies at 73

Hamilton Nwosa
Writer

Ad

No king in US, no coronation in Africa, by Owei Lakemfa

By Owei Lakemfa In vain President Donald Trump cried out that he is no king, and does not intend to be one. However, many United States, US, citizens did not appear to be listening. At least some seven million of them did not believe him as they cramped into over 25,000 protest centres across 50…

Borno Gov, Zulum Raises Alarm, Says Boko Haram Now Using Drones for Attacks 

By Abiola Olawale Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has raised an alarm over an escalation in the Boko Haram insurgency, revealing that the terrorists are now deploying sophisticated armed drones in their attacks against military formations and civilian communities. Zulum specifically cited intelligence suggesting that recent deadly assaults, including one in the Wulgo…

ABU Slams ‘Fake’ Nuclear Weapon Claims, Reaffirms Commitment to Peaceful Research

By Abiola Olawale Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) has denied allegations that it is operating a secret nuclear weapons project for Nigeria. The institution, one of the nation's premier research universities, described a viral video promoting the claim as "baseless, mischievous," and "AI-generated," designed to misinform the public and tarnish its image. ​This comes after a…

Ad

The wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Nehama Rivlin, died on Tuesday at 73 a few months after a lung transplant, the president’s office said.
Rivlin, whose formal title was Israel’s first lady, had undergone the lung transplant in March due to the pulmonary fibrosis that afflicted her in recent years, a statement said.

In Israel, the presidency is largely ceremonial and executive power rests with the prime minister, but her death led to an outpouring of grief from across the political spectrum.

She regularly appeared alongside her husband at ceremonies and events in recent years despite having to use a portable oxygen tank due to her condition.

“We all prayed for her health,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has often been at odds with the president, said in a statement.

“We send condolences from the bottom of our heart to the president and all his family.”

Senior Labour lawmaker Shelly Yechimovich called her “smart, funny, vital and extraordinarily modest.”

“Nehama was much more than the president’s beloved wife,” she wrote on Twitter.

Born in the Sharon region in central Israel to immigrants from Ukraine, she studied natural sciences at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she worked as a researcher.

She married Reuven Rivlin in 1971 and had three children and seven grandchildren.

Ad

X whatsapp