shimon peres

Obama says Hanukkah a reminder of the blessing of freedom

Dec 16, 2016

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Associated Press

President Barack Obama says Hanukkah is a reminder that freedom is the most meaningful of all the blessings enjoyed in the U.S. Obama held a pair of Hanukkah receptions at the White House on Wednesday with Jewish leaders and rabbis. Obama says the Hanukkah story shows that the story of the Jewish people is one…
May: Mahmoud Abbas, the winner …

Dec 15, 2016

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Clifford D. May

… and still no champion of Palestinian democracy One man, one vote, one time: In 2005, Mahmoud Abbas was elected to a four-year term as president of the Palestinian Authority. He hasn’t bothered to run for re-election since. He also is president of Fatah, a political movement with past ties to terrorism and the dominant…
Obama flies to Israel for Shimon Peres memorial service

Sep 29, 2016

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Kevin Freking

Both were Nobel Prize laureates who labored for peace in the Middle East but failed to achieve it. Now, their joint efforts are at an end as President Barack Obama prepares to pay a final tribute to Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. Obama boarded Air Force One on Thursday afternoon to fly to Israel to join…
Peres lauded by world leaders as a man of peace

Sep 28, 2016

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Jared Wright

Current and former world leaders mourned the passing of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres on Wednesday, praising him as a visionary who committed his life to the elusive goal of lasting peace in the Middle East. President Barack Obama described Peres as “soldier for Israel, for the Jewish people, for justice, for peace, and for the…
The world reacts to the death of Shimon Peres

Sep 28, 2016

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Associated Press

Quotes from around the world after the death of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and elder statesman of Israeli politics, at age 93. ___ “A light has gone out, but the hope he gave us will burn forever. Shimon Peres was a soldier for Israel, for the Jewish people, for…

shimon peres

Obama says Hanukkah a reminder of the blessing of freedom

May: Mahmoud Abbas, the winner …

Obama flies to Israel for Shimon Peres memorial service

Peres lauded by world leaders as a man of peace

The world reacts to the death of Shimon Peres