The German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, British ambassador Simon Walters, and Polish ambassador Maciej Hunia speak briefly at the funeral for murdered hostage Oded Lifshitz at Kibbutz Nir Oz.
Seibert, speaking in Hebrew, says that Lifshitz was a German citizen, a person who looked out for others.
“Hamas murdered this man who was a Jew — and didn’t see all the good that he had done,” says Seibert.
He says that the message of Lifshitz’s life “is stronger than terror.”
“His life is the message for me, and it is stronger than terror,” says Siebert.
“To love the people around you, to play the piano and grow cactus, to help others and to be engaged in the work of peace.”
Walters echoes Siebert’s words and also speaks in Hebrew.
“We hoped he would return, it’s a terrible tragedy for this man of peace who believed in coexistence, not naively, but for the love of Israel.”
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