“I shall always remember you as a fearless fighter for truth, the best of the best our people has produced,” Netanyahu wrote in tribute to the late political commentator Charles Krauthammer.
By: United with Israel Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara expressed their deep sorrow over the passing of Charles Krauthammer, who was “among the US’ greatest commentators and…one of Israel’s greatest friends of all time.”
“I was profoundly saddened to hear the news of the death of Charles Krauthammer, a noble and extraordinary spirit, who was one of Israel’s greatest friends,” Netanyahu tweeted Friday. “Sara and I send our deepest condolences to his wife Robyn and son Daniel. May the memory of Charles always be blessed.”
The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist died on Thursday at age 68 of a cancerous tumor in his abdomen.
Netanyahu sent Krauthammer a heartfelt and moving letter on June 10 when he learned of his terminal illness, in which he thanked him for his friendship and defense of the Jewish State.
“The news of your illness broke my heart,” Netanyahu wrote in the letter. “I am overcome with grief. I am awed by your courage. For over half my lifetime, since I first met you in Washington in 1982, we have been like brothers. We didn’t need to meet to understand each other. You understood everything.”
“You never bored. You were never mundane,” Netanyahu wrote in his letter.
‘You Have Lived a Life of Purpose’
“More than anything else, you have lived a life of purpose. As a proud American and a proud son of the Jewish people, you harnessed your formidable intellect to defend liberty and the Jewish state. No one has done this with greater clarity, consistency and conviction. Your writings will forever attest to that.”
“Drawing on the wellsprings of your immense learning, you have slain the hypocrisy and slanders of the vilifiers of Israel and America with unflappable precision and unmatched erudition.”
“I will miss you, Charles, as I miss a brother. I shall always remember you as a fearless fighter for truth, the best of the best our people has produced.”
The letter ends with the words, “Farewell, my friend. I pray for a miracle.”
I was profoundly saddened to hear the news of the death of Charles Krauthammer, a noble and extraordinary spirit, who was one of Israel’s greatest friends.
This is the letter I sent to him two weeks ago when I received news of his terminal condition. pic.twitter.com/dlCAtnCkPq
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) 22 ביוני 2018