Biden: Arik was first and foremost Jew committed to people
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US Vice President Joe Biden said it was a great honor to represent the United States at former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's funeral service.
Biden said he knew Sharon more than 30 years, and that as a young senator, upon being invited in to Sharon's office, it didn't take him long to understand why the general was called a bulldozer.
"The security of his people was always Arik's unwavering mission – a non-breakable commitment to the future of Jews, whether 30 years or 300 years from now," he said.
Biden said Sharon engendered strong opinions, but he always knew what was guiding him.
"Like all historic leaders, he had a north star that guided him. The north star which he never – in my observation – deviated from. His north star was the survival of the State of Israel and the Jewish people." (Ynet and Reuters)
