Netanyahu visits the Dee family during shiva
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has paid a condolence visit to the Dee family in Efrat.
Benjamin Netanyahu comforts Rabbi Leo Dee and his family Photo: Amos Ben-Gershom (GPO)
Rabbi Leo Dee and three of his children are mourning the death of a wife and two daughters – a mother and two sisters, who were murdered by a terrorist recently.
Rabbi Dee told the prime minister about his family’s aliyah to Israel and said that he knew that if his late wife had been asked about it, she would have replied that she had no regrets and would do the same thing again. Prime Minister Netanyahu replied that “unfortunately, the land of Israel is acquired through trials and tribulations”. He added:”Now, your wife and daughters will live within us.”
The daughter, Tali Dee, asked the Prime Minister how he deals with the loss of his brother Yonatan who died during the mission to Entebbe to rescue 94 hostages in 1976 . Prime Minister Netanyahu replied that at first he thought life was over, and said that when he was told during the week of mourning that life went on, he refused to believe it. However, the Prime Minister added that they were right and said that while the pain they now felt would remain throughout their lives, it would not always be that strong.
Prime Minister Netanyahu was accompanied by the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman, the Prime Minister’s Military Secretary Maj.-Gen. Avi Gil and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs.
