PM Netanyahu Meets with Druze Students who Received Scholarships from the
Fund in Memory of the Late Maj. Salim Shufi
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this afternoon (Monday, 27 July 2015), at
the Knesset met with dozens of Druze students who have received scholarships
from the fund in memory of the late Maj. Salim Shufi. Also attending the
meeting were Deputy Minister Ayub Kara, the mayor of Majdal Shams, MK Avi
Dichter, International Fellowship of Christians and Jews President and CEO
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein and Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dov Tamari.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said, "For me, Salim symbolized the living
partnership between us, certainly the covenant of blood. He was with me when
I was in mourning and I was with him when he was in mourning – but a great
living partnership. Salim Shufi was a great moral force. He was a splendid
man – modest, deep and imbued with values; I loved him very much. I always
saw him as an exemplar; and we also said this in his lifetime. Salim did not
have to die in order to become a legend; he was a legend in his lifetime. We
are certainly fighting for progress, culture, the future and life. I think
that you and we can be proud that the State of Israel gave rise to such a
soldier and such a man. I think that you, the family members, can be
especially proud that he was part of your family. He was simply a great man
and I thank you for continuing in his footsteps. I wish that you will
continue in his footsteps."