PM Netanyahu: Elimination of Osama Bin Laden
(Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser)
The State of Israel joins the American people on this historic day in celebrating the elimination of Osama Bin Laden. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates US President Barack Obama, America’s military and its intelligence services on this great accomplishment.
“This is a resounding victory for justice, freedom and the common values of all democracies that are resolutely fighting shoulder to shoulder against terrorism.”
Dep FM Ayalon congratulates the U.S. on killing Bin Laden
(Communicated by the Bureau of Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon)
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon praised the American administration and its armed forces for killing Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan.
“As someone who was Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. during the formative years of the war on terror, I can testify how hard the administrations in Washington worked to bring Bin Laden and other Al Qaeda leaders to justice,” said Ayalon. “This is a vital psychological tipping point in the war on terror and will send a clear message to terrorists and extremists everywhere that they are not immune.”
“This successful operation proves that sometimes the West needs to take extraordinary measures to defeat terror and provide security for its citizens.”
Dep FM Ayalon is currently visiting the Baltic nations and today will speak and participate at a ceremony at Paneriai where 70,000 Jews were brutally murdered during the Holocaust. “This successful operation sends the important message that terror and evil will find no permanent shelter and will eventually be destroyed, just as the Nazis decades before,” Ayalon said. “The rejoinder to remember and never forget is not about revenge, but about seeking justice. Regardless of time murderers and terrorists will receive the justice they deserve.”
President Shimon Peres on the killing of Osama Bin Laden by the US Armed Forces in Pakistan:
“It is a great piece of news for the free world, it is a great achievement for the security forces of the United States of America, it is a great achievement for the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
This man was a mega-murderer, he killed thousands and thousands of people, people who were totally innocent. He would continue to kill, his purpose in life was to kill anyone who doesn’t belong to him. He tried to murder people and murder nations including the State of Israel. He reached his end. Terrorists and murderers are so dangerous. We shouldn’t fall victim to believe that they are immune. They are weak, they are wrong, they are foolish and we don’t have to stop fighting them – day and night. Children and women and men can live without any danger of losing their lives because somebody has a crazy idea in his mind.
The world will become a better world without him. Maybe this is not the end of all terrorism and dangers but an outstanding murderer reached his own justified end.”
DM Barak congratulates US on elimination of Osama Bin Laden
(Communicated by the Defense Minister’s Media Adviser)
Defense Minister Ehud Barak congratulates US President Barack Obama, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the Pentagon leadership and the heads of the US Armed Forces over the elimination of terrorist Osama Bin Laden.
“This is an important achievement for the US in the global war against terrorism. In this operation, the US has shown determination and operational daring. We have again seen that the leading democracies of the world have a common struggle against terrorism, which will be decided by a multi-faceted joint effort that is far from over,” the Defense Minister said.
