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Former US President Bill Clinton accompanied by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Yuli Edelstein, the Speaker of the Knesset, pays his final respects at the coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Knesset plaza in Jerusalem, yesterday. Former US President Bill Clinton joined thousands of Israeli mourners yesterday who paid their respects to the late Shimon Peres outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, as the country somberly remembered the Nobel-winning politician who helped lead Israel during a remarkable seven-decade career.
U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders gathered in Israel on Friday for the funeral of Shimon Peres, the former Israeli prime minister and president whose pursuit of an elusive peace with the Palestinians won international embrace. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also planned to attend the burial, which will be held in the "Great Leaders of the Nation" section of Jerusalem's Mount Herzl cemetery.
In this March 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres raise their glasses in a toast after Obama received the Israeli Medal of Distinction from Peres during a State Dinner at President's residence in Jerusalem, Israel. Both were Nobel Prize laureates who labored for peace in the Middle East but failed to achieve it.
29, 2016, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. . Military Personnel salute as Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, prepares to departs at Andrews Air Force Base Md., Thursday, Sept.
Republican congressional leaders will not be joining President Obama's bipartisan delegation to attend Friday's state funeral for former Israeli President Shimon Peres. Both House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer joined the U.S. presidential delegation, which departed Thursday afternoon for Jerusalem.
The Latest on funeral preparations and a nation in mourning at the death of Israel's ninth President, Shimon Peres : The son-in-law and personal physician of Shimon Peres says the former Israeli president left behind detailed plans for his funeral. Dr. Rafi Walden says Peres requested that his three children speak, along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin, a foreign dignitary and an Israeli cultural figure.
The body of Israel's ninth President Shimon President is lying in state in the plaza of the Knesset, Israel's parliament. President Barack Obama , Bill Clinton and French President Francois Hollande are among scores of world leaders who will attend the funeral in the country's national cemetery in Jerusalem Friday.
In this March 22, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama walks on the tarmac with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli President Shimon Peres, left, prior to his departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. Shimon Peres, a former Israeli president and prime minister, whose life story mirrored that of the Jewish state and who was celebrated around the world as a Nobel prize-winning visionary who pushed his country toward peace, has died, the Israeli news website YNet reported early Wednesday, Sept.
Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke, triggering an outpouring of grief for the beloved elder statesman. The 93-year-old died in his sleep at around 3:00 am , Rafi Walden, who was Peres's personal doctor and also his son-in-law, told AFP.
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has paid tribute to Shimon Peres, describing him as a "true giant amongst men" after the former Israeli president died aged 93. Mr Peres, who was one of the country's most admired leaders and the last surviving link to its founding fathers, had been in hospital since suffering a major stroke two weeks ago. The Chief Rabbi joined world figures in paying tribute to the elder statesman of Israeli politics who won the Nobel peace prize during his unprecedented seven-decade career.
A former aide to Shimon Peres says his body will lie in state at the Knesset, or Israeli parliament, on Thursday before a state funeral at the country's national cemetery in Jerusalem on Friday. Yona Bartal, his former aide, told Israel's Channel 10 TV that the plans were in line with Peres' wishes.
Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres Peres has died in hospital where he was admitted on September 13 after suffering a stroke with internal bleeding. Photo: AFP Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, his personal doctor told AFP, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke.
Former President Bill Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton say they have "lost a true and treasured friend" with the death of former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres. The Clintons say Israel has lost a leader "who championed its security, prosperity and limitless possibilities from its birth to his last day on earth."
He was a young aide to the nation's founding fathers when the country declared independence in 1948, and he played a key role in turning Israel into a military power. He was part of the negotiations that sealed the first Israeli-Palestinian peace accord, garnering a Nobel Peace Prize.
FILE - In this March 22, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama walks on the tarmac with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli President Shimon Peres, left, prior to his departure fro... . FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2001, file photo, Shimon Peres, Minister of Regional Cooperation of Israel, left, applauds Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, as it is announced that Arafat is about to speak at ... .
President Barack Obama expressed concern about settlement activity and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called America Israel's best friend as the two leaders sat down for what is likely their final meeting. The U.S. and Israeli leaders met Wednesday afternoon in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
UNDER SECRETARY SHANNON: Well, good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State and to the Treaty Room to celebrate and witness the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Israel on military assistance and missile defense. It's an honor to have all of you here today.
Reaction to the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, 87, author of "Night." His death was announced Saturday by Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.