"The Knesset Presidium adopted on Monday a proposal by Speaker of the Knesset MK Yariv Levin (Likud) to hold the elections for President of the State on 2 June", the parliament said in a statement.
The statement continued that those willing to run should provide at least 10 signatures from lawmakers no later than midnight of 19 May.
FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2020 file photo, Israel's President Reuven Rivlin delivers a speech during a special meeting of the German Parliament Bundestag commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, in Berlin, Germany
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The Israeli president is elected by the members of the parliament, known as the Knesset, for a seven-year term. The country's current president, Reuven Rivlin, 81, has occupied the office since 2014.
