Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen offered Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife Lucy and daughters Maia and Rina in a terrorist attack during Passover, to serve as a special envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Jewish communities in the Diaspora. Rabbi Dee, a resident of Efrat, is the father of three children in addition to the two daughters who were murdered.

Minister Cohen wrote on Twitter today that "There is no man or woman who did not shed a tear when they heard Leo Dee eulogize his wife Lucy and his daughters Maia and Rina, who was murdered in the terrible shooting attack in Jordan Valley. Beyond the terrible story that touched each and every one of us, we were privileged to know a special and noble man, who managed to show the power of faith and unite all the people of Israel around the world. Therefore, I asked him to be appointed as the Foreign Ministry's envoy to the Jewish communities in the Diaspora.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen proposed that Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two daughters were murdered by Palestinian Arab terrorists during Passover, be named Israel's special envoy to Diaspora Jewish communities.https://t.co/l5BrLo4ym7

— Avraham Israeli Zionist 🇮🇱🇨🇦 (@IsraeliAvraham) May 17, 2023

"The relationship with the Jewish communities in the world is one of the most important things to my heart as foreign minister, and there is no person more suited to the task than Leo. With his big heart, special personality, and the ability to touch each and every one, I am sure that he has a lot to contribute to strengthening the relationship between the State of Israel and the Jewish communities in the world, on All their shades".

The mother and her two daughters of the Dee family were murdered in a shooting attack in the Jordan Valley during a family trip over Passover. After they were laid to rest, the father, who immigrated with his family from England, made headlines after delivering an emotional eulogy: "Let the Israeli flag today send out a message to humanity which is: We will never accept terror as legitimate. We will never blame the murder on the victims. There is no such thing as a moral equivalence between terrorists and victims. The terrorist is always bad.” 

Rabbi Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two daughters in a terror attack on Passover to INN: "We look forward to the day when we have true peace with our neighbors and can take back the #TempleMount." pic.twitter.com/RONJUWFVn0

— Israel National News - Arutz Sheva (@ArutzSheva_En) May 19, 2023

A few weeks ago, Rabbi Dee told the Channel 12 News that he felt "no hatred" toward the people who shot and killed his family. "Nothing will bring back our beloved Lucy, Maia, and Rina. I am focused on the future, for us and for the Israeli people," he added.