Israeli President Isaac Herzog eulogized the late Meny (Menachem) Godard, 73, as “the best of humanity” during Godard’s funeral service at Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel on Monday.

“Our wild neighbors, as always, do not know what they are doing, who they are murdering: the best of humanity,” said Herzog, quoting the early 20th century Zionist writer Yosef Chaim Brenner, himself murdered by Arabs during the 1921 Jaffa riots.

“When you look around at the gravestones of all the friends and family buried in Be’eri’s cemetery, you can see: Hamas terrorists murdered the best of humanity on Oct. 7. Meny and Ayelet Goddard, may their memory be a blessing, were the best of humanity,” he said.

Meny’s wife, Ayelet, 63, was killed alongside him in their home in Kibbutz Be’eri by Palestinian Isla

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