The error came after an online Wikipedia user made changes to the Israeli president's article.
Rivlin currently serves as the 10th president of Israel. He came to office in 2014, and previously served as the speaker of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset.
Modern-day Israel, which was officially founded in 1948, was formed out of the Zionist movement. Facing significant oppression throughout Europe and other parts of the world, Jewish leaders and thinkers pushed for creating a Jewish state in the ancestral homeland of their community.
However, the movement faced significant opposition from the indigenous Palestinian population, who were largely unwilling to give up the land they had lived on for centuries. Inevitably, thousands of Palestinians were forced into exile, with large numbers living as refugees in neighboring Arab nations, such as Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks during a consulting meeting with the Likud party in Jerusalem on September 22Enemies of Israel, such as Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, often refer to the country as the"Zionist occupation state," using the term to undermine its legitimacy. As a result, many Israelis and Jews around the world view the term as anti-Semitic.
"Anti-Zionism is a prejudice against the Jewish movement for self-determination and the right of the Jewish people to a homeland in the State of Israel," the Anti-Defamation League, a leading anti-hate organization,
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