Jerusalem (dpa) – Mount Herzl, also known as Har ha-Zikaron, is the site of Israel’s national cemetery in Jerusalem. The site is named after the Austro-Hungarian founder of modern Zionism, the writer Theodor Herzl (1860 – 1904), born Binyamin Ze’ev Herzl. Herzl’s pamphlet “The Jewish State” (Der Judenstaat) dealt with the foundation of an independent […]
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on Friday both shook hands with Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas at the funeral of former President Shimon Peres. Netanyahu told Abbas that he appreciated his coming to attend the funeral, while Netanyahu”s wife, Sara, told the PA chairman that she is looking forward to hosting
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Middle EastThe son-in-law and personal doctor of the late Shimon Peres, Prof. Rafi Walden, was critical of Arab MKs who refused to attend Peres” funeral tomorrow. “I am surprised and disappointed by them,” Walden said. “There was the famous saying of Abba Even that the Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. This time,
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Middle EastPRESIDENT OBAMA: Zvia, Yoni, Chemi and generations of the Peres family; President Rivlin; Prime Minister Netanyahu; members of the Israeli government and the Knesset; heads of state and the government and guests from around the world, including President Abbas, whose presence here is a gesture and a reminder of the unfinished business of peace; to
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Middle East, USABy Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — When listening to Bret Stephens, you wonder why US foreign policy is so complicated? The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist laid out a succinct set of foreign policy goals to the 1100 participants in the Jewish Federation of San Diego’s Men’s Event. Under a perfect evening suitable for a leisurely
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Middle East, USAMy father had a long and good life. Today, I bid farewell to two people: Peres – Shimon, his Excellency, that is Mr. President. And I say goodbye to the man my mother called Buzhik, and I called father, grandfather and great-grandfather. The first was Peres of the state, of the people, the citizen of
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Middle EastThe state of Israel and leaders from around the world have paid tribute to former Israeli president and the last surviving member of Israel’s founding fathers, Shimon Peres. In an at times moving and emotional ceremony even for the impartial observer family members sat side by side with presidents and crown princes, political rivals spoke
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Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – Prince Charles of the British royal house wore a special kippah to the funeral of Shimon Peres, one clearly marked with the Prince of Wales’s crest of arms. The heir to the British throne wore the Jewish skullcap with the crest facing forward as he listened to eulogies for Peres, who
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International, Middle EastBahrain’s foreign minister paid tribute to Israel’s former president Shimon Peres on Thursday, in a surprise statement that drew strong Arab criticism on social media. “Rest in Peace President Shimon Peres, a Man of War and a Man of the still elusive Peace in the Middle East,” Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said on Twitter.
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Middle EastPresident Obama paid tribute to the late Israeli President Shimon Peres Friday as a man who saw “all people as deserving of dignity and respect.” Mr. Obama, wearing a Jewish skullcap as a sign of respect at the funeral in Israel, said of the 93-year-old leader who died Wednesday, “The last of the founding generation
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Middle East, USA“Laugh and play with my dreams, I am the dreamer who wanders. Play because in man I will believe, and I still believe in you.” So wrote the poet Shaul Tchernichovsky, and so you played, our dear President, during the uplifting moments of elation, in times of difficulty and crisis, and with the small joys
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Middle EastSo much has already been said and written about this giant of a man – Shimon Peres, statesman, intellectual and visionary. Words cannot adequately describe what he did for the State of Israel, the Jewish people and humanity. However, today I would like to bid farewell to my father. I was born and raised in
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Middle EastBy Robert A. Cohen JERUSALEM — I was honored to represent AIPAC alongside other members of the American Jewish community, as we joined with the people of Israel and world leaders to honor the extraordinary life of Shimon Peres. On a bright, windy morning on Mount Herzl, the three Peres children shared loving reflections about
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – With a 10-hour time difference between Jerusalem and this city, 1,100 San Diegans attending an annual Jewish Federation fundraiser known as the Men’s Event, observed a ceremonial silence for the former Israeli President Shimon Peres, whose burial was scheduled only a few hours later. It was Thursday night
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