Posts Tagged: Israeli President Shimon Peres
Israel’s Peres Tells Families of Kidnapped Teens: ‘The Whole Nation Is United and Standing by Your Side’
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday at his official residence in Jerusalem met with the families of the three kidnapped yeshiva students, missing now for...
Israel’s Peres Hosts LA Lakers Center Pau Gasol, Along With Arab, Jewish Teen Basketball Players
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday hosted Pau Gasol, co-captain of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, along with a delegation of young Jewish and Arab...
Israeli Parliament to Elect New President on June 10
Channel NewsAsia - Israeli lawmakers will elect a successor to outgoing President Shimon Peres on June 10, parliamentary speaker Yuli Edelstein told reporters on Monday. Edelstein's...
Deceased Israeli War Hero Meir Har-Tzion Praised: ‘From Bar Kochba Until Har-Tzion No Warrior Came Close’
"Meir Har-Tzion, one of the greatest warriors in Israel's history is gone... from Bar Kochba until Har-Tzion no warrior came close," said Israeli Economy Minister...
Israel’s Peres: Rocket Attacks From Gaza Carried Out by Islamic Jihad, but Hamas is Responsible
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday said the rocket attacks on Israel, which has seen some 60 missiles rain in from Gaza over the past...
Israel’s Peres Says ADL’s Foxman ‘Tireless’ in Fighting ‘Scourge of Anti-Semitism’
When Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham H. Foxman announced his retirement, for July 2015, Israeli President Shimon Peres sent a moving letter of appreciation and...
German Chancellor Merkel to Receive Presidential Medal From Israel’s Peres
The office of Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Thursday that he will confer Israel's Presidential Medal of Distinction upon German Chancellor Angela Merkel at...
Israel’s Peres: Iran is Building Nuclear Weapon, While Funding, Spreading Terrorism Across the World
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday drew the attention of a delegation from the U.S. Congress to Jerusalem to Iran's long history of attempting...
Israel’s Peres Sets World Record Teaching Online Civics Class to 9,000 Students
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday helped create a new world record when he delivered an online civics class to a group of more than...
Israel’s Peres Aims for Guinness Record With 6,500-Student Online Civics Class
Israeli President Shimon Peres will on Thursday deliver what is expected to be the world's largest online civics class, setting a new Guinness World Record, with...
Israeli President, Georgian Prime Minister Celebrate ‘2,600 Years of Friendship’
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday met with the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Garibashvili, who is on an official visit to Israel to increase...
Israel’s Peres Blasts Rouhani at Davos for Supporting Hezbollah
Israeli President Shimon Peres railed against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for talking about peace, while supporting terror group Hezbollah in a response to a speech...
Ariel Sharon Buried at Negev Ranch Following Knesset Ceremony
Amid tight security, Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, 85, was buried on Monday on Anemone Hill, in a plot next to his wife, Lily, on the...
Peres Thanks Driver, Heroic Passenger Who Saved Israeli Bus From Terrorist Bomb
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday personally thanked bus driver Michael Yoger and alert passenger, David Papo, of the #240 bus in Bat Yam,...
