Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein expressed sorrow over the San Diego synagogue murder: "On behalf of the Knesset, I send good wishes to those wounded in the terrible massacre in San Diego and we share the sorrow of the family of the murdered Laurie Gilbert Kay.
"In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us, but we will fight anti-Semitism in all its forms and wherever it raises its head. The eternal people are not afraid of a long road."
The Knesset Speaker was paraphrasing part of the Passover liturgy that in its original says "In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us, and the Belssed Holy One saves us from their clutches."