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Israeli President Shimon Peres is thanking Canada for its staunch support on his five-day trip to the country.Peres said Monday recent remarks by government officials in support of Israel have not gone unnoticed. Peres arrived in Canada just days after Canadian foreign minister John Baird told a Jewish audience that "Israel has no greater friend in the world today than Canada."Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has drawn criticism for dropping Canada's traditional, self-styled "honest broker" role that supported both Palestinian and Israeli ambitions in the region.Peres is the second high-profile politician to visit Canada in recent weeks, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's brief stop in Ottawa in March.His visit includes a state dinner. He will also visit Toronto and Montreal....
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Iran May Have to Abandon Nuclear Program, Israeli President Shimon Peres SaysThursday, November 13, 2008Print FNCIsraeli President Shimon Peres.NEW YORK Tumbling ...
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At a private breakfast meeting at the International Peace Institute, a think tank across the street from the UN, Israeli President Shimon Peres told all 15 members o...
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Chris Stirewalt and guests discuss a painful budget vote, the complicated Mideast peace negotiations and Papal politics
The Israeli president's office says President Shimon Peres will meet the new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, next week.A statement Wednesday said the pope...
Sonya Peres, the fiercely private, estranged wife of Israeli President Shimon Peres, died Thursday in Tel Aviv. She was 88.Her son-in-law and physician, Dr. Raphael ...
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Ed Henry reports from Jerusalem
Israeli President Shimon Peres was discharged from a Tel Aviv hospital on Sunday, a day after fainting on stage during a talk.The 86-year-old Peres passed out briefl...
When a suicide bomb ripped through a pizzeria in downtown Jerusalem in 2001, killing 15 and wounding 130 more, 13-year-old Izzy Ezagui, who was visiting from America...