Education Minister Yoav Galant paid tribute on his Twitter account to the late Sheldon Adelson, saying, "Sheldon was a warm Jew for whom the State of Israel and the people of Israel were the most important thing. Along with generous donations, most of them secret, he harnessed his enormous influence and his vast fortune for the State of Israel and the security of its citizens. I sympathize with the family's grief. May his memory be blessed," the minister added.