Thousands accompanied the bride of Israel Prize, former Knesset member and underground fighter • President Rivlin: "We will capture the great memory of Israel's freedom and dedication" • Prime Minister Netanyahu: "The Zionist fire has always ignited - even its rivals have appreciated it"

The funeral of the late Geula Cohen was held on Wednesday at the Mount of Olives, attended by many from the top of Israeli politics, present and past. Cohen passed away yesterday at the age of 94. She served for 20 years in the Knesset in the Likud and Resurrection factions, and also served as Deputy Minister of Science.

Tzachi Hanegbi is excited about his mother: "Mother, mother returned to the land of Jerusalem today. Jerusalem where her mother, a seventh generation, was born to families in the Old City. Jerusalem, which she fought when she left at the age of 16 to expel foreign rule, Jerusalem where she loved, studied and lived for most of her life. The law that was the culmination of its achievements in the Knesset - a law that anchors our attachment to the eternal capital, had an endless commitment to guard every sovereignty over the sovereignty of the country, the future of the children of the land, the grouping of all the postcards of the country.

"When the US president decided to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, she was not happy with it. She was already wheelchair-bound and tired, but in that line of heat, her veins flowed perfectly. Quite a few people and women who dedicated their lives for the security and prosperity of the country, she fought her dog for all her opinions, did not compromise and did not lie, but also appreciated the sense of mission of her opponents. David Ben-Gurion, a stiff ideological opponent, wrote to her that "the story of warfare" (Cohen's biography) will proudly stand up for the redemption of Israel.

Netanyahu and Hanegbi embrace // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

"And in all the moments and events, there was not a single moment when she was neither a full-time mother nor a devoted grandmother."

President Rivlin sped at the funeral: "Redemption, the high priestess as Tommy Lapid called you. And we did have the redemption priest. The microphone was you shofar, Ilana's mouthpiece, the Hebrew underground voice shofar, the shepherd of redemption. You were for us the heroes of the people. In our minds we saw your face above The prison bars, your body is imprisoned and your spirit is liberated, and the blessing of our lives. The ideas they fought for took shape and body as our forces worked to liberate the foreign yoke. The Knesset, too, placed redemption at the forefront. Your legislative hand established reality and changed history with the Basic Law of Jerusalem.

"For you, the establishment of the State of Israel is a stage on the path to the full realization of Israeli freedom. In all positions and in all of your public activity, you have remained and remain an Israeli freedom fighter. Then you continued to fight for Israeli freedom. You could not do otherwise, you did not know otherwise. Redemption, our beloved teacher and mother, May you and your depart from us reveal your secret and know that we also love this people and march between the question marks and the exclamation marks, may the fire that burns in you continue to rise the redemption bonfire of the people of Israel you love so much. I embrace your family and send condolences. "

Minister Tzahi Hanegbi, Cohen's son, eulogized his Twitter account yesterday: "I was privileged to grow up with a great woman whose entire life was dedicated to the integrity of the homeland, to kibbutz postcards, to the education of the future generation. Her love for the people did not overshadow her love as a mother and her dedication as a grandmother to the era And Liaw. "

Son, Tzachi Hanegbi, accompanied by his mother // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was eulogized and said: "The voice of Geula Cohen will not be silenced. We will always cherish the great memory of Israel's freedom and dedication and love for the Land of Israel. It belongs to the generation of the Nephilim and will always remain a role model to us, who continue its path."

Redemption Cohen's voice will not go unnoticed. We will always cherish the great memory of Israel's freedom and dedication and love for the Land of Israel. It belongs to the Nephilim generation and will always remain a role model to us, continuing on its path.

Sarah and I mourn with Tzachi and Randy and the entire family of Redemption, and with all of Bethlehem, for the great loss.

- Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) December 18, 2019

"Sarah and I are mourning Zahi and Randy and the entire family of Redemption, and together with the entire House of Israel, for the great loss," the Prime Minister added.

The President of the State expressed great sorrow over the death of Geula Cohen: "The burning fire of Redemption extinguished tonight. Israel's freedom fighter in the deep tier of the idea I and all of us had inspired. An inspiration of power, of dedication, of love with his country.

"We will walk in the light of this fire in the paths that have paved and those that have been breached in its powers and in its right - in the underground, in the activities of the settlement and as a legislator and as a parliamentary.

"It is impossible not to appreciate ideological adherence" //

MK Yair Lapid wrote in his Twitter account: "We all lost one of the last icons of the founding generation tonight. Redemption Cohen. A woman who was a living example of dedication and commitment, ideology and faith in the struggle for what you believe in. Excuse my friend, you lost mum before too. Participates in your grief and sorrow. R.I.P".

Israeli House Speaker MK Avigdor Lieberman mocked her and wrote: "The Israel House and ours are embarrassed by the great warfare for the State of Israel - Geula Cohen, the last generation of the Nephilim, the bride of the Israel Prize, who was a Knesset Member for 20 years And in the Resurrection Party and led the struggle for the rise of Soviet Jewry. Our sincere condolences to her son Minister Tzahi Hanegbi and his family. "

Chairman of the Labor Bridge MK Amir Peretz eulogized for the late Geula Cohen: "Geula Cohen ZL was an ideological rival, but I appreciated her for sticking with her worldview. Wish my colleague Minister Tzahi Hanegbi no more regret. May she remember Baruch."

"We lost one of the last icons of the founding generation tonight" // Photo: Lior Mizrahi

MK Tamar Zandberg also mocked and wrote: "Geula Cohen remembers her blessing. Even from the opposite side of the political map, it is impossible not to appreciate the ideological adherence, loyalty to the path and the determination to lead it. May she remember tenderly, condolences to Tsahi Hanegbi and the family. "

Her name became known as a fighter in the Lehi underground when she was the announcer of the secret broadcasting station. Banned by the British police during one of the broadcasts, sentenced to seven years in prison, and made a daring escape from prison to return to the underground ranks.