Israeli President Isaac Herzog is awarding US President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Honor, the highest honour that can be awarded by his office.
The Presidential Medal of Honor is awarded to individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution to Israel or to humanity through their talents, their service, or in any other way.
According to Biden, Israel will not be alone because the US will always be by its side,”. “There is still a lot of work to do, this is why the US is committed to Israel’s security…it’s not about me or any other president, it’s about the deep connection between our nations,” the US president added, before receiving the medal
Former recipients of the Presidential Medal of Honor include former US president Barack Obama, former German chancellor Angela Merkel, former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, and more.
Biden arrived Thursday afternoon at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem where he met with Herzog. Biden was greeted by Israeli kids waving Israeli and American flags.
“Together we will stay true to our core values,” Biden stressed. “We’ll make hope and history rhyme.”
Herzog presented Biden with the Presidential Medal of Honor. “Your journey of peace here in the Middle East comes at the pivotal hour of a challenged world order,” the Israeli president told his American counterpart.
“I believe that a strong and vibrant US-Israel partnership has seldom been more critical to our countries, to the Middle East, and to global stability and sustainability, peace and prosperity, democracy and decency.”
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