B’nai B’rith World Center Director Alan Schneider represented B’nai B’rith at an 9/11 commemoration ceremony held at the  9/11 Living Memorial in the Arazim Valley near Jerusalem along with members of the diplomatic corps and US-based Jewish organizations.

In this comments at the event, Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dov Shefi, whose son Hagai was among the five Israelis who died in the Islamic-inspired al Qaida attack in New York, warned that the militant Islam that brought down the Twin Towers and damaged the Pentagon on 9/11 is still bent on conquering the world.

Focusing part of his comments on the current situation in Syria, US ambassador Daniel Shapiro said: “Our resolve should not be in doubt: that the people of Syria can live without the shadow of terror.” (More of this story here)