Posts Tagged: President Shimon Peres
Hamas-Backing Qatar Contracts Top Flight Public Relations Firm to Improve Ties With US
Just days after a controversy involving one of Washington's most respected think-tanks, the Gulf state of Qatar has contracted a white collar, London based public...
At Vatican, Shimon Peres Proposes ‘United Nations of Religions’
JNS.org - Former Israeli President Shimon Peres met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday to discuss a number of proposals on forming...
Haaretz Peace Conference Takes Place Under Rocket Fire
JNS.org - As the Israel Defense Forces' Operation Protective Edge got underway in Gaza, the Haaretz newspaper hosted a peace conference in Tel Aviv on...
Rumor-Filled Israeli Presidential Race May Heat Up Further – Or Implode
JNS.org - Israeli President Shimon Peres is retiring in July, capping a seven-year term and a nearly seven-decade political career in the Jewish state. After...
Netanyahu Remembers Ariel Sharon as ‘Warrior’ and ‘Commander’
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remembered his deceased predecessor Ariel Sharon as a great military leader, at the start of his cabinet's weekly meeting on...
Israeli President Peres Samples New Xbox During Visit to Microsoft Israel Headquarters (VIDEO)
Israeli President Shimon Peres visited the offices of Microsoft Israel, Ltd. on Wednesday and had the opportunity to view first hand some of the innovative projects the...
Israel, China Economic Cooperation in Focus With Chinese FM Visit to Jerusalem; Iran Nukes Also on Agenda
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was offered an Israeli welcome fitting of a head of state this week, with meetings in Jerusalem with both Prime...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Says Relaxing Pressure on Iran Now Would be ‘Historic Mistake’
Speaking to members of Israel's Knesset at the start of its winter session, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said, "It would be a historic mistake...
EXCLUSIVE: Israeli President Shimon Peres Explains Fascination With Social Media as He Launches New Campaign
Israel's nonagenarian President Shimon Peres announced plans for yet another social media campaign Sunday, inviting the public to ask questions via Facebook and vote on...
Israel President Peres Condemns Terrorist Attack in Psagot That Wounded 9-Year-Old Girl
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday described the terrorist attack that injured a 9-year old girl in Psagot on Saturday evening as "shocking." In a...
Peres in Holland: ‘I Doubt Whether Assad Read Anne Frank’s Diary’
Visiting the house where child Holocaust victim Anne Frank hid from the Nazis before being captured and killed, during a state visit to the Netherlands,...
Thousands Descend Upon Israeli President Peres’s Residence to Revel in Sukkah (VIDEO)
Citizens from all over Israel joined President Shimon Peres at his residence's official Sukkah on Tuesday morning. Thousands of people began lining up outside...
Israel’s Peres Offers Condolences to Kenya President Kenyatta for Lives Lost in ‘Unfinished Act of Terror’
Israeli President Shimon Peres offered condolences Sunday to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta after Somali Islamist terrorists stormed the partially Israeli-owned Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi...
Tenure of IDF Chief-of-Staff Benny Gantz Extended
Israel Defense Force Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz's tenure will be extended by one year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Thursday. Defense...
