Knesset Speaker MK Yuli Edelstein expressed his sorrow over the death of former President Shimon Peres.
"Israel says goodbye to the head of its family. It says goodbye to a man who saw it all, who was involved in everything and who shaped everything. Peres is the story of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, whether as a member of a family of Holocaust survivors, as an immigrant, as a farmer, a security officer and statesman.
“He was one of the biggest leaders we had in the last century, a man full of rights and a model of a proud Zionist who sought all his life to work for the benefit of the country and its citizens. He always looked for how to bring us all to better places. Peres's absence will be felt, but his fingerprints and fruits of his labor will be present here for many generations. I send a warm embrace to his family.”