Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr: The Civil Rights Leader's Connection To Israel

As we mark the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., we honor his life’s work devoted to equality and tolerance, and remember his support of Israel.

The time he described Israel’s democracy as “one of the greatest outposts in the world” and said that "the whole world must see that Israel must exist and has a right to exist”

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Said the civil rights leader at the annual convention of Rabbinical Assembly in 1968.

Israel named a street after the civil rights leader in Jerusalem

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Here is the Google Maps location of the street in Jerusalem.

The time he said “Peace for Israel means security, and that security must be a reality”

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Just 10 days before his assassination in 1968, King declared his support for Israel's right to defend itself.

Ambassador Dermer visited the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic National Site and laid a wreath on the tomb of the fallen civil rights activist

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Just two weeks after becoming the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to see one of its most historic sites.