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Tributes are pouring in from around the world for Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.), following the death of the Republican presidential candidate and war hero on Saturday.

McCain spent the past year combating glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, that was discovered by his doctors after removing a blood clot from above his left eye. His family had announced on Friday that McCain was discontinuing further medical treatment.

His office released a statement on Saturday said: “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28 p.m. on August 25, 2018. With the senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family. At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for sixty years.”

“My heart is broken. I am so lucky to have lived the adventure of loving this incredible man for 38 years,” Cindy McCain wrote on Twitter. “He passed the way he lived, on his own terms, surrounded by the people he loved, in the place he loved best.”

After the news of McCain’s passing, leaders and politicians from around the world shared their sorrow and their fond memories of the senator.

“John McCain and I were members of different generations, came from completely different backgrounds, and competed at the highest level of politics. But we shared, for all our differences, a fidelity to something higher – the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched, and sacrificed,” former President Barack Obama said in a statement.

“My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

Vice President Mike Pence also shared his condolences.

“Karen and I send our deepest condolences to Cindy and the entire McCain family on the passing of Senator John McCain. We honor his lifetime of service to this nation in our military and in public life. His family and friends will be in our prayers. God bless John McCain,” Pence wrote.

McCain served over three decades in the U.S. Senate and over the years, he has garnered the respect and friendship of many of his colleagues, former and present.

McCain didn’t only have an impact on domestic politics, but a global one. Leaders around the world paid their respects to McCain.

Israeli politicians across the board sent condolences and eulogies in memory of McCain as well as he was a stalwart supporter of Israel throughout his years serving in Congress.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of John McCain, a great American patriot and a great supporter of Israel. I will always treasure the constant friendship he showed to the people of Israel and to me personally.:

President Reuven Rivlin said: “Today we are paying our last respects to Senator John McCain and we are separated from a man and a leader with strong values, a defender and a fighter for his people and a true friend of the State of Israel. We send our sincere condolences to the family and to the American people.”

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein eulogized Senator John McCain and wrote: “John McCain was an American hero, and a unique person. We will always remember him as a great friend of Israel. May his memory be blessed.”

Education Minister Naftali Bennett wrote: “John McCain was a great American patriot and a great friend of the State of Israel. He supported and loved the Jewish state, and we will never forget him. May he rest in peace.”

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked eulogized McCain on Twitter, where she wrote: “John McCain was one of Israel’s greatest friends, an American hero who refused to be released from his captors in the Vietnam War before the release of other soldiers. He loved his country with all his might and recognized the challenges of the State of Israel. For 36 Years of public service in the House of Representatives and the Senate, Israeli governments have always known that they had a friend there. May his memory be blessed.”

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman eulogized McCain: “Senator John McCain, who died overnight, was one of Israel’s greatest friends. An American hero who fought in Vietnam and fell into captivity. In one of our recent meetings in Washington he showed me a picture of his time in captivity and said, ‘Despite the terrible suffering, I never doubted my obligation to the values of freedom and justice. McCain will be sorely missed by all of us. May his memory be blessed.”

Chairman of Yesh Atid, MK Yair Lapid wrote that he “bows his head in memory of John McCain. An American patriot, a true friend of Israel. An honest soldier in a world of politicians.”

MK Nachman Shai (Zionist Union) wrote: “John McCain was, first of all, an American hero who embodied in his life the traditional values of America. He disappeared at a time when its values are falling apart and are in question. Israel will miss one of its greatest friends in the Senate.”

Former prime minister and defense minister Ehud Barak wrote on his Twitter account: “John McCain, an American hero and, as much as it is rare today, a political leader with principles, has died. A huge friend of Israel, in particular of Israel’s security, and a personal friend for over 20 years. A man who was within reach of the White House and who never fell in his spirit, not in captivity in Vietnam, and not at the peak of his career in Washington or his tours of the world. May his memory be blessed.”

In one of his last speeches, he argued that America has been a beacon of liberty and defender of the dignity of all human beings.

America has made a greater contribution than any other nation to an international order that has liberated more people from tyranny and poverty than ever before in history. We have been the greatest example, the greatest supporter and the greatest defender of that order. We aren’t afraid. We don’t covet other people’s land and wealth. We don’t hide behind walls. We breach them. We are a blessing to humanity.

What greater cause could we hope to serve than helping keep America the strong, aspiring, inspirational beacon of liberty and defender of the dignity of all human beings and their right to freedom and equal justice? That is the cause that binds us and is so much more powerful and worthy than the small differences that divide us.” (INN & Washington Free Beacon)

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