Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
"I was saddened to learn of the passing of Lord George Weidenfeld.
Lord Weidenfeld led a long and amazing life, traveling a unique path from refugee to Peer. His countless personal achievements were always accompanied by his remarkable work for the benefit of the Jewish people, the State of Israel and humanity as a whole. He will be remembered as an innovative publisher of important works and for his dedication to higher education in Israel, the United Kingdom and across Europe.
I cherished our meetings over many years in which I profited from the breadth of his wisdom.
Sara joins me in sending our most sincere condolences to Lord Weidenfeld’s family and to all who knew him. Their loss is our loss."
The Austrian-born Weidenfeld fled to London from his native Vienna in 1938, following Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria, and quickly found work with the monitoring service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.