Netanyahu sends Queen Elizabeth II birthday greetings

PM tweets message to monarch on behalf of ‘people of Israel,’ joining ex-president Peres in expressing good wishes on 90th birthday

By JTA and ToI Staff 21 April 2016, 9:02 pm
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Lubomie Zaoralek at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, April 4, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Lubomie Zaoralek at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, April 4, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II birthday greetings on Thursday, joining former president Shimon Peres in congratulating the monarch on her special day.

“On behalf of the people of Israel, I want to wish Her Majesty the Queen a very special 90th birthday,” Netanyahu tweeted.

Peres had earlier posted a video message to the queen telling her that “life begins at 90.”

The queen’s 90th birthday took place on Thursday, although the official celebrations in the United Kingdom will be held in June.

In September, Elizabeth II became the country’s longest reigning monarch, after ascending to the throne at the age of 25 in 1953.

Peres, who is 93, told the queen in his message sent on Thursday: “From my own experience I can tell you that in my judgment — life begins at the age of 90, and they go up better and better. It is really a blessing not just a wish, a blessing to you, to us, that you will continue to guide, to inspire, to offer a smile, to the young and the old and make our lives different, despite all the problems and wars we went through. You are a great leader for the free world; you are a great hope for the coming generations. God bless you.”

The-then president Shimon Peres receives the honorary order of St Michael and St George from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in Buckingham Palace, London, UK, November 20, 2008. (Buckingham Palace Official Photographers/Flash 90)
The-then president Shimon Peres receives the honorary order of St Michael and St George from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in Buckingham Palace, London, UK, November 20, 2008. (Buckingham Palace Official Photographers/Flash 90)

In an official note sent for the occasion, Peres said further: “For nine decades the world has been graced by your reign. You are a beacon of light to your nation and serve as a source of inspiration for individuals across the world.”

He sent the Queen a birthday gift – a hand-painted silk scarf with a motif of Jerusalem on it.

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