Middle East

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will attend the funeral of Israeli ex-president, two-time Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres, PA officials told AFP on Thursday, in what will be a rare visit to Jerusalem. Several Palestinian Authority officials confirmed his participation at Friday’s funeral, speaking on condition of anonymity. An Israeli Defense

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Shimon Peres was the whale who had eluded me. It was about 20 years ago. I was the rabbi at Oxford University. I was heavily immersed in the great campus battles for Israel that were just beginning. And I had already booked or hosted most of Israel’s great leaders, from Benjamin

Ahead of the state funeral for former President Shimon Peres on Friday, Israeli security forces are ramping up operations to secure the event. With world leaders including President Obama and former President Bill Clinton expected to attend, Israeli police and internal security agencies are taking every precaution – including preemptive arrests of people they have

Politicians and members of the public are lining up to pay their final respects to former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres. Flags are at half-mast as thousands are expected to file past the casket as it lies in state at the Knesset. Among them Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said Peres’ name will

Tel Aviv (dpa) – The following is the official schedule of events for the memorial and funeral services of Shimon Peres, as published by the state body for ceremonies in Israel. All times are local, which is three hours ahead of GMT. Thursday: – 8:45 am, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other high-ranking officials will

Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yaffo Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau spoke Wednesday about his memories of former President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who passed away Tuesday night at age 93. Rabbi Lau knew Peres for 40 years. In an interview with Radio Lelo Hafsaka, he said that “we can learn from Peres what it is

The passing of Shimon Peres was announced by his family at the hospital, the Chaim Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan. His son Chemi said the former leader died without suffering and had donated his corneas for transplant. “Our father’s legacy has always been the future. ‘Look to tomorrow,’ he told us, ‘build Israel’s future

Shimon Peres, one of Israel’s most eminent politicians and the last of the state’s founding generation to wield power, died early Wednesday in Tel Aviv two weeks after suffering a stroke. He was 93. When he ended his presidency in 2014, Peres was the world’s oldest head of state, and the only person to have

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday at the age of 93, was once featured in a film entitled So Now What? What was this video about? A. The video was made in 1995 following the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In the film, Peres calls for unity