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| May 28, 2013
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PA chief negotiator Erekat demonstrates Palestinians flimsy grasp of democracy

 

Palestinian officials have repeatedly claimed Netanyahu is the one opposing peace on Arab terms (returning to ’67 lines, releasing prisoners, permitting 5.5 mil Arab ‘refugees’ to return to Israel instead of moving to Palestine).

Apparently, Erekat has failed to grasp that Israel is an actual democracy state, where its leader speaks for those who put him in office.

By Ryan Jones

 

 

At the World Economic Forum in Jordan this week, Israeli President Shimon Peres gushed about the peace process, US Secretary of State John Kerry gushed about the peace process, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas…well, he used the word peace, though it’s debatable as to what was his end goal. Continue Reading »

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| May 23, 2013
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UK security unit reports London Jihadist attack signifies no special risk for Jews

Israeli President Shimon Peres sent a letter of condolence to the family of the dead soldier and to the people of Britain he wrote, “Terrorism is a global threat and one the world must face together,….I know that the people of Britain will stand strong in the face of this threat and the State of Israel stands side by side with them.”

By JTA

 

British Jews are not more at risk from terrorism than they were before the slaying of a British soldier by suspected terrorists, British Jewry’s security unit, CST, said.

The soldier brutally hacked to death in Woolwich yesterday has been named by the Ministry of Defense as Drummer Lee Rigby, 25.

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| May 17, 2013
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German FM Tells President Peres: Nuclear-armed Iran is not an option

Germany’s FM Westerwelle met with President Peres in Jerusalem and voices his support for U.S. Sec. of St. Kerry’s effort to renew the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

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German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle met with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Friday, and said that Iranian nuclear weapons “are not an option for Germany.”

Westerwelle and Peres

Westerwelle and Peres, May 17, 2013 – Photo by Yosef Avi-Yair Engel

 

Westerwelle also voiced support for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to renew Israel-Palestinian peace talks. “I promise you Germany is one hundred percent behind Kerry’s initiative,” Westerwelle told Peres, adding that renewing talks “is not only in the interest of two states and two peoples, but in the interest of the entire world.” Continue Reading »

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| April 30, 2013
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Pope Francis accepts President Peres’ invitation to visit Jerusalem

The Vatican’s new pontiff accepted an invitation by Israeli President Shimon Peres to visit Israel ‘with willingness & joy,’ says spokesman.

By Reuters

 

President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East.

Israeli President Shimon Peres meets with Pope Francis - Photo by Kobi Gideon , GPO

Israeli President Shimon Peres meets with Pope Francis – Photo by Kobi Gideon , GPO

The pope accepted the invitation “with willingness and joy,” a Vatican spokesman said, but there was no indication when a trip would be made.

“I am expecting you in Jerusalem, not just me but the whole country of Israel,” Peres told the pope in the presence of reporters after 30 minutes of private talks in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. Continue Reading »

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| April 19, 2013
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Peres grants humanitarian pardon to terminally ill Palestinian prisoner

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security prisoner Mohammed al-Taj, who served 2/3 of prison term, receives amnesty by President Peres

Raanan Ben-Zur

President Shimon Peres approved Thursday the release of Palestinian security prisoner Mohammed al-Taj, in accordance with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and the security echelon’s advice.

Mohammed al-Taj

Hospitalized in a Prison Service medical facility, Al-Taj will be released due to medical reasons. Upon his release, he will be taken for further treatment in Ramallah, the Maan Palestinian news agency reported.

Al-Taj has served until now about two-thirds of his prison term. “The decision to release him was made for humanitarian reasons, since the prisoner is ill with a very serious disease,” said the president’s statement on the matter. Continue Reading »

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| April 15, 2013
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Peres tells bereaved families: Israel’s enemies know the IDF will always win

President Peres, at the state Memorial Day ceremony for Israel’s fallen soldiers at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, told the guests that the faces of the fallen, ‘will never be erased’ from memory of the Jewish people.

By Gili Cohen and

 

A one-minute siren sounded throughout Israel on Sunday night, marking the official opening of Memorial Day. A torch was lit at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, in the presence of President Shimon Peres and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz.

Israeli national flags are seen on graves at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery

Israeli flags on military cemetery. – Photo: AFP

“We know full well that there are no words we can say this night to assuage your pain,” Peres told bereaved families in his speech. Continue Reading »

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| March 24, 2013
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Done Deal: Barbra Streisand will perform in Tel Aviv on June 20

Highly acclaimed Jewish singer/actor will wrap up European tour at Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium.

Streisand also set to sing at President Peres’s 90th birthday party.

By DAVID BRINN

 

People who need Barbra Streisand are apparently the luckiest people in Israel.

Ending weeks of unconfirmed speculation, the iconic songstress/actress/diva has announced that she will perform for the first time ever in the country on June 20 at Bloomfield Stadium in Jaffa.

Accompanied by a 60- piece orchestra, the 70-yearold Streisand will end a select tour of Europe with the show at the stadium which holds 16,000 spectators.

Two days earlier, she is expected to perform privately at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem in honor of President Shimon Peres’s birthday. Continue Reading »

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| March 13, 2013
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Obama invites Miss Israel to dinner

Yityish Aynaw, the 1st Ethiopian-born to win the Miss Israel pageant, was invited to dine at Shimon Peres’s house for State Dinner with visiting US President. 

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Newly crowned Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw was invited by US President Obama’s staff of his upcoming visit to Israel to a dinner that will take place at President Shimon Peres’s residence, Army Radio reported.

Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw - Photo Marc Israel Sellem-The Jerusalem Post

Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem-The Jerusalem Post

Aynaw who is 21-years-old and a former Israeli army officer became the first Ethiopian-born Israeli to win the pageant.

“It’s important that a member of the Ethiopian community win the competition for the first time,” she was quoted by Israeli media as telling the judges in response to a question. Continue Reading »

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| March 12, 2013
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At EU, Peres asks them to recognize Hezbollah as terror organization

In speech to the European Parliament Tuesday morning, Shimon Peres warns that time is running out to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions and went on stressing the need of ensuring Syrian biological weapons don’t fall into the hands of terrorist groups.

 

President Shimon Peres called on the European Union to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, in an address to the European Parliament in Strasburg on Tuesday.

Israel's President Shimon Peres with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels at the EC headquarters March 7, 2013. - Photo by Reuters

Israel’s President Shimon Peres with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels at the EC headquarters March 7, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

 

Peres appealed to the Europeans to recognize terror for what it is, and to save Lebanon from such “terrorist madness”.

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| March 11, 2013
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Barbra Streisand will sing in Israel

Legendary Jewish American actor/singer to give one concert in Israel in honor of its President, Shimon Peres’ 90th birthday. 

By Raz Shechnik

 

VIDEO – After years of pursuits, serious offers and talks which warmed up in the past two years, it’s finally happening: The Yedioth Ahronoth daily has learned that Barbra Streisand will give one concert in Israel this summer in honor of President Shimon Peres‘ 90th birthday.

Barbra Streisand - Screenshot from Facebook page

Barbra Streisand – Screenshot from Facebook page

Barring any last-minute changes, the legendary Jewish American singer will perform at a venue which has yet to be determined on June 15 or 16. Continue Reading »

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| March 7, 2013
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Peres tells EU president: Israeli settlements not the obstacle to peace, Terror is!

On a tour of European countries, Shimon Peres rejects the generic criticism of West Bank settlements, saying that terrorism is what prevented the implementation of 2-state solution.

By DPA

 

President Shimon Peres rejected European Union criticism of his country‘s settlement policy during a visit to Brussels on Wednesday, arguing that it did not stand in the way of peace in the Middle East.

President Peres and European Union Council President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels on March 6. (AFP)

President Shimon Peres and European Union Council President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels on March 6. – Photo: AFP

EU President Herman Van Rompuy said there would be no sustainable peace until Palestinian aspirations for statehood and sovereignty, and those of Israel for security, were fulfilled by a comprehensive deal based on the two-state solution. Continue Reading »

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| March 1, 2013
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Obama may cancel Israel visit if no gov’t formed

U.S. President Obama’s visit was expected to take place after a new Israeli gov’t was in place, with the assumption that this would happen by mid-March.

PM is still struggling to form a gov’t.

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President Barack Obama will cancel his planned visit to Israeli next month if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unable to form a coalition by March 16, Israel’s Channel 10 reported on Thursday.

Obama and Netanyahu meeting in Washington

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 5, 2012. – Photo: AP

After the Israeli elections on January 22, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was tasked with forming Israel’s new governing coalition. Continue Reading »

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| December 31, 2012
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Bennett Reminds Peres: Because of Oslo ‘Peace’ 1,600 Israelis Killed

This morning, Jewish Home chairman Bennett tells President Peres “enough, already” with “peace process” talk. Oslo ‘Peace’ Killed 1,600 Israelis

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Naftali Bennett, who heads the Bayit Yehudi (merged Jewish Home-National Union) slate of Knesset candidates, reminded President Shimon Peres Monday that the Oslo Accords “brought us more than 1,600 murdered Israelis.”

Responding to the President’s controversial remarks on political issues in the middle of the election campaign, Bennett stated, “Enough, already. The President of the country is supposed to represent all of the country, not just a part of it.”

Peres said on Sunday that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas wants peace and is the only man with whom Israel can sign an agreement. Continue Reading »

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| November 9, 2012
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Jonathan Pollard holds no grudge against Israeli President

Jonathan Pollard, jailed former Israeli spy reacts to his handler’s admission that he was incriminated under orders from Shimon Peres, then prime minister.

 

Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard chose to express hope rather than anger in response to an interview with his former handler Rafi Eitan, who revealed for the first time that he incriminated Pollard under orders from then-prime minister and current president Shimon Peres.

Jonathan and Esther Pollard - Photo: Courtesy J4JP

Jonathan and Esther Pollard – Photo: Courtesy J4JP

Eitan told Yediot Aharonot in an interview published Friday that he gave the Americans information he knew would be used against Pollard. He said he had no choice other than to abide by government decisions. Continue Reading »

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| November 8, 2012
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Putin & Peres Inaugurate Unique Jewish Museum in Moscow

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with Israel’s President Shimon Peres opened a very unique Jewish Tolerance Museum in Moscow

By David Lev

 

In a gala event Thursday, President Shimon Peres, along with Russian President Vladimir Putin, opened the unique Jewish Tolerance Museum in Moscow, which will use displays, interactive activities, and the latest technologies to tell the story of the Jewish people throughout the ages.

Moscow Tolerance Museum – Arutz Sheva

The 8,500 square foot institution cost millions of dollars to build and develop, and is the first to tell the “inside story” of the Jewish experience. While Israel’s Diaspora Museum has many exhibits preserving the memory of Jewish communities around the world, the Tolerance Museum takes a more “personal” approach, telling the story of Jewish faith throughout the ages, the Creation of the world, the giving of the Torah, the Holy Temples, and Jewish suffering in the Exile. Continue Reading »

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