Peres & Reagan shared jokes, Nixon sent him books, & JFK grilled him on Jerusalem’s nuclear plans. Shimon Peres reflects on 50 years of his meetings with 10 U.S. presidents.
By Yitzhak Benhorin
“Kennedy wanted to know why Isser Harel resigned. He bombarded me with questions, the third or fourth question was ‘are you producing nuclear weapons? Yes or no?’ I told him that Israel wouldn’t be the first to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East.”
On April 1, 1963, the man who was to become an Israeli icon had his first encounter with what would be a long list of American presidents. Continue Reading »