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GCMG (, born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923) is the ninth and current President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years.
Read More at Wikipedia ›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....A spokeswoman says Israel's 88-year-old president Shimon Peres has been released from hospital after hernia surgery.Ayelet Frisch said Peres was feeling well and pre...
Israeli President Shimon Peres' office says the 88-year-old is undergoing surgery for a hernia discovered during his state visit to Canada.Peres' spokesman Ayelet Fr...
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...
President Obama is expected to moderate a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in late September, a disc...
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 Nobel laureate passed o...
Madeleine Albright, John Glenn, Bob Dylan receive award
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More than six decades after the Holocaust, relations between Germany and Israel are much different. Israeli President , Shimon Peres addressed the German Parliament-- a sign of a new day and peace between the two countries. Fox's Mike Tobin reports.
Israel President Shimon Peres says Iran may not be able to afford a nuclear weapons program for long
Israel's military chief said in an interview published Wednesday that Iran will ultimately decide against building a nuclear weapon — putting him at odds with Israel...
Israel's military chief said in an interview published Wednesday that Iran will ultimately decide against building a nuclear weapon -- putting him at odds with Israe...
Israel's leaders marked their country's 64th year of independence on Thursday with a ceremony in Jerusalem, singing classical Hebrew songs and honoring outstanding s...
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 ...
Israel's latest cultural hero is neither the usual army general nor a sexy celebrity — he's a bespectacled 43-year-old Belarus-born chess grandmaster.Israelis have b...
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Israeli President Shimon Peres' office says the 88-year-old is "feeling well" after undergoing surgery Friday for a hernia discovered during his state visit to Canad...
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...
Iran May Have to Abandon Nuclear Program, Israeli President Shimon Peres SaysThursday, November 13, 2008Print FNCIsraeli President Shimon Peres.NEW YORK — Tumbling ...
Panel on Obama's meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres
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