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| − | '''Shimon Peres''' (1923–2016) was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Israel]] and the ninth [[President]] of Israel, a role that is more ceremonial than its United States equivalent. He has had a long history in Israeli politics and shared the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his role in the [[Oslo Accords]] in 1994. Unfortunately, that early promise for peace never materialized. | + | {{Prime Minister |
| | + | |image=Shimon Peres by David Shankbone.jpg |
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| | + | |term_start=November 4, 1995 |
| | + | |term_end=June 18, 1996 |
| | + | |previous=Yitzhak Rabin |
| | + | |next=Benjamin Netanyahu |
| | + | |term_start2=September 13, 1984 |
| | + | |term_end2=October 20, 1986 |
| | + | |previous=Yitzhak Shamir |
| | + | |next=Yitzhak Shamir |
| | + | |party=Labour Party (Israel) |
| | + | |birth_date=August 2, 1923 |
| | + | |birth_place=Vishnyeva, [[Poland]] (today [[Belarus]]) |
| | + | |died_place=Ramat Gan |
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| | + | '''Shimon Peres''' (1923–2016) was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[Israel]] and the ninth [[President]] of Israel, a role that is more ceremonial than its United States equivalent. He has had a long history in Israeli politics and shared the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his role in the [[Oslo Accords]] in 1994. Unfortunately, that early promise for peace never materialized. |
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| | + | Peres is known for praising Palestinian leader [[Mahmoud Abbas]] as “Israel’s hope for peace” and refused to condemn his new year’s speech in which Nazi collaborator [[Mohammed Amin Al-Husseini]] was lauded.<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/193748/fourteen-questions-shimon-peres-david-bedein</ref> |
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