Shimon Peres in the hospital fighting for his life that has extended to witness the birth of his country in 1948 to today calling for a Palestinian state next to the State of Israel.
The story of Shimon Peres is the story of Israel, pain and joy, and through the pain and joy and optimism and resilience, the Israelis built a first rate country in the Middle East.
Shimon lived most of his political life in the shadow of Israeli's general, Yitzhak Rabin, they were rivals and friends but Peres never really established his independence in my opinion as his own person until he was elected to the ceremonial position of the president of the state and founded the Peres Institute for Peace. Before, Peres was more of an operative, the man of secret missions and secret negotiations and secret programs.
In a November 2, 2015 interview with the Associated Press, Israel's political stalwart and the father of the Jewish state nuclear program Shimon Peres warns of internal Israeli conflicts and says two-state solution is the only path to preserve Israel as a Jewish state; Peres says Israel could face an eternal war
In a regional conference in Shuna Jordan on May 22, 2015 Shimon Peres said: "I'm convinced that there will be no better alternative (to) the two-state solution," said Peres, who is also a former prime minister. "I believe it is possible. I believe it is needed. I believe that peace negotiations can be resumed and the sooner the better."
In 1995, Rabin of Israel was murdered by an Israeli Jewish fanatic who until now (most do not know who "inspired" him to commit his crime) Shimon Peres was positioned to win elections and becomes PM but then all of a sudden, a barrage of suicide attacks hit Israel buses and cities and Bibi Netanyahu was elected. Peres never emerged after that to become again prime minister, a position he lived to have on his own all his life; Peres never won an election to the prime minister on his own; he always had to either to share it with someone or win it with someone.
But now Peres gained his independence and he now his own man and earned his credentials.
The story of Shimon Peres is the story of Israel, pain and joy, and through the pain and joy and optimism and resilience, the Israelis built a first rate country in the Middle East.
Shimon lived most of his political life in the shadow of Israeli's general, Yitzhak Rabin, they were rivals and friends but Peres never really established his independence in my opinion as his own person until he was elected to the ceremonial position of the president of the state and founded the Peres Institute for Peace. Before, Peres was more of an operative, the man of secret missions and secret negotiations and secret programs.
In a November 2, 2015 interview with the Associated Press, Israel's political stalwart and the father of the Jewish state nuclear program Shimon Peres warns of internal Israeli conflicts and says two-state solution is the only path to preserve Israel as a Jewish state; Peres says Israel could face an eternal war
In a regional conference in Shuna Jordan on May 22, 2015 Shimon Peres said: "I'm convinced that there will be no better alternative (to) the two-state solution," said Peres, who is also a former prime minister. "I believe it is possible. I believe it is needed. I believe that peace negotiations can be resumed and the sooner the better."
In 1995, Rabin of Israel was murdered by an Israeli Jewish fanatic who until now (most do not know who "inspired" him to commit his crime) Shimon Peres was positioned to win elections and becomes PM but then all of a sudden, a barrage of suicide attacks hit Israel buses and cities and Bibi Netanyahu was elected. Peres never emerged after that to become again prime minister, a position he lived to have on his own all his life; Peres never won an election to the prime minister on his own; he always had to either to share it with someone or win it with someone.
But now Peres gained his independence and he now his own man and earned his credentials.
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In the picture, President Bill Clinton reaches out to shake hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday Sept, 1995, during a Middle East accord signing ceremony. Seated are, from left, King Hussein of Jordan, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, President Clinton, PLO leader Yasser Arafat, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
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