Posts Tagged: Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres: Israel’s Best Foreign Policy is its Medical Industry
HAIFA, ISRAEL – More than 150 leading medical researchers, healthcare policy makers, and philanthropists gathered recently at northern Israel’s leading medical center, Ramban Hospital, for...
Actor Michael Douglas in Israel: BDS is ‘Anti-Peace Movement’
Actor Michael Douglas called the boycott Israel campaign an “anti-peace movement” during a conversation with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky...
French Municipality Approves Motion to Name Street After Yasser Arafat
A coastal municipality in southern France adopted a proposal that would name a new street after deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the Var-matin newspaper reported...
Peres Cancels Lucrative Hapoalim Bank Contract: I Would Never Do Anything That Even Smells of Money
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres canceled a lucrative bank contract he held with Bank Hapoalim after media outlets reported that he was earning $30,000 a...
Shimon Peres: Proposed Nationality Law Undermines Declaration of Independence
Ynet - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former president Shimon Peres and current President Reuven Rivlin used a memorial service for Israel's first prime minister David...
The False Prophets of the Middle East
As President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry moved to mediate the Hamas-Israel War on Monday, it is worth recalling that Mideast peace...
In Israel, Standing Side by Side with Our People
Last week, I had the honor and privilege to lead 57 international Jewish community leaders from 22 countries on a solidarity mission to Israel, where...
Israel’s Peres: World Leaders Support Our War Against Terrorism
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday said that the international community was supporting Israel's response to Hamas's rocket attacks against Israeli cities. Peres said, "Terror is...
Peres: IDF Gaza Ground Offensive Could Begin ‘Quite Soon’
Arutz Sheva - Outgoing President Shimon Peres said in an interview Wednesday with CNN's Becky Anderson that he believed an IDF ground offensive in Gaza "may happen quite soon" unless...
Opinion: The Palestinians Do Not Want Peace, Despite What the Media Tells You
Try as I might, there are some things I just don't get. For starters, I'm seeking to understand Israel's options in today's Middle East. To listen to...
Peres Meets With Wife of Jonathan Pollard Ahead of Visit to U.S.
JERUSALEM - President Shimon Peres met on Sunday with Esther Pollard, wife of incarcerated Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, and the heads of the Knesset Caucus...
Israeli President-Elect Rivlin Contrasts Sharply With Outgoing Peres
JNS.org - As a well-respected parliamentarian who has served as the government's Minister of Communications and the speaker of the Knesset, Israeli president-elect MK...
Israel’s Peres Bestows Presidential Medal of Distinction Upon Italian President Napolitano
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday bestowed the Presidential Medal of Distinction, the highest civilian honor in Israel, upon Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at a ceremony...
Israel’s Peres, Netanyahu Congratulate Egyptian President-Elect Abdul Fattah El-Sisi
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday both congratulated Egyptian President-elect Abdul Fattah el-Sisi. In a statement, Peres said he "stressed...
