Far-right hawk Reuven Rivlin was sworn in as Israel's 10th President on Thursday at a formal ceremony in Parliament which saw elder statesman Shimon Peres stepping down.
"In prayer, in awe and humility, on your behalf and at your command, I come to faithfully fulfil my role as 10th President of the State of Israel," he said, a skullcap on his head and his left hand resting on a copy of the Old Testament.