JERUSALEM (EJP)—“The entire world remembers the shock, the horror and the unbearable sadness of September 11, 2001. And nowhere in the world was that act of terror understood better than here in Israel,” said Ronald S.Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) during the US embassy’s official ceremony at Jewish National Fund’s 9/11 Living Memorial in Jerusalem, marking 15 years since the terrorist attacks that took the lives of nearly 3,000 people.
Remembering 9/11 at the weekly cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel ‘’stands shoulder-to-shoulder with our greatest ally, the United States of America.”
He said Israel also stands with other international partners in “the battle against militant Islamic terrorism that spreads its fear, dread and murder around the world. Our memories are long, our determination is boundless.”
The premier said that civilized societies “must band together to defeat these forces of darkness,” adding that “I’m sure we will.”
He made his comment about 9/11 both in Hebrew and English, something rarely done at the start of cabinet meetings.
Netanyahu said that the battle against terrorism is also taking place in social media, and that a senior delegation from Facebook has arrived in Israel in recent days with the goal of “improving the cooperation against incitement on social media toward terrorism and murder.”