From across the ocean and across the Green Line, they came on Friday to the mountaintop sanctuary of Mount Herzl to bid farewell to Shimon Peres, marking what one called the “end of the era of giants.” But the question of the moment was whether it was a funeral for a man or for his dream.
Israeli authorities on Wednesday are preparing for the arrival of dozens of world leaders for the funeral of former President Shimon Peres, who passed away overnight.
Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, 93, died in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised former Israeli President Shimon Peres, who has just passed away, as one of few people who change the course of human history.
Former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres, the last of Israel’s founding fathers, suffered a “major” stroke Tuesday and was breathing with the aid of a respirator in intensive care.
Israeli President Shimon Peres held a secret meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas two months ago on resuming the peace talks between the two sides, a report in the London-based Sunday Times revealed on Sunday.
The two-state solution, which has received considerable support among the Israelis, remains the best choice for Israel and the Palestinians to solve their decades- old conflict, Israeli President Shimon Peres told Xinhua in a recent interview.
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