00:00We decided to break a convention to, or create a new one, and that is to award the Israel
00:06Prize, which in almost our 80 years, we've never awarded it to a non-Israeli, and we're
00:12going to award it this year to President Trump.
00:16This was announced formally over lunch by our Minister of Education, who's responsible
00:23for the Israel Prize.
00:25It's going to be awarded to President Donald J. Trump for his tremendous contributions
00:30to Israel and the Jewish people.
00:34I think there's — it's such a fitting thing, and it would honor us, obviously, Mr. President,
00:40if you could visit Israel in that occasion, on our Independence Day.
00:45But I have to say that this reflects the overwhelming sentiment of Israelis across the spectrum.
00:55They appreciate what you've done to help Israel and to help our common battle against the
01:01terrorists and those who would destroy our civilization.
01:03So again, that's an expression of thanks and appreciation.
