Rivka David was a woman who was the mother of Tali David and former Mossad/NCIS Liaison Officer and later NCIS Special Agent Ziva David, the stepmother of Ari Haswari, the ex-wife of Eli David and the grandmother of Tali David-DiNozzo.
Biography
Pre-Series
Not much was revealed about Rivka except for the fact that she met and married Eli David, the couple having two daughters, Ziva and Tali with Rivka later becoming stepmother to Ari Haswari, Eli's son from a previous relationship.
In 1991, the marriage collapsed due to Rivka refusing to forgive Eli who had cheated on her. She took both her daughters with her, Ziva the oldest being nine years old and ultimately left Eli altogether.
Rivka herself later died in unknown circumstances while in Amman, Jordan.