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NEWS ABOUT: Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres stories: 15 news summaries

Obama to Moderate Abbas-Netanyahu Meeting: Peres 

Israeli prez says settlement issue isn't settled, yet

Aug 31, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will play moderator to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting at the UN before the end of next month, Israeli President Shimon Peres tells Fox News. “I think they will meet by the end of September,” he says. "... More »

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United Nations • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Benjamin Netanyahu • Israel and Palestinians • negotiations • Mideast peace talks • Obama administration • President Obama

Israeli Prez on Iranian Prez: 'We'll Strike Him'

Peres: "We'll strike" Amadinejad if Obama's  anti-nuclear efforts fail

Apr 13, 09 3:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel's new government continued its saber-rattling with Iran today, threatening to strike the country if President Obama's diplomatic overtures fail, the Jerusalem Post reports. Echoing the hardline rhetoric of new Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres issued a warning to Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "We'll strike him" ... More »

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Iran • Israel • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Shimon Peres • nuclear facilities • airstrike

Israeli Prez Follows Obama
in Appeal to Iranians

Praises Shah

Mar 20, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following President Obama's video message to Iran, Shimon Peres issued an audio address today, urging Iranians to reject the rule of their “oppressive and fanatical regime” and “reclaim their worthy place among the nations of the enlightened world.” The Israeli president's message, delivered partly in Farsi, was... More »

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Iran • Israel • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Shimon Peres • radio address

 Netanyahu to Form 
 Israeli Government 

LIvni averse to power-sharing propositions

Feb 20, 09 8:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Right-of-center Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked to form Israel’s new government, despite President Shimon Peres’s initial hopes that  Netanyahu would share power with centrist Tzipi Livni, who was the top vote-getter in the election last week. Livni said she would prefer to head the opposition, the BBC reports.... More »

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Israel • Cabinet • Tzipi Livni • Shimon Peres • Benjamin Netanyahu • government • power sharing • coalition

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu says the voters have spoken and it's clear that he'll be Israel's next prime minister, the Jerusalem Post reports. Rival Tzipi Livni says the same thing. "I've spoken to party leaders, and we have agreed to begin negotiations on a new government tomorrow," says Netanyahu. Exit... More »

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Israel • Tzipi Livni • Shimon Peres • Benjamin Netanyahu • Kadima • Likud • Yisrael Beitein

(Newser) - Turkey's prime minister stormed off a stage in Davos today during a heated exchange with Israeli President Shimon Peres over Gaza, the New York Times reports. “When it comes to killing, you know well how to kill," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Peres before walking off, promising never to... More »

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Israel • Turkey • Gaza • Shimon Peres • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Mideast peace • Davos

 Obama Camp Spills Some 
 Details on Foreign Trip 

Israel, in particular, presents tricky schedule for Democrat

Jul 18, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s team released a few details about their candidate's trip abroad today, but the time frame remains tightly under wraps. Israel in particular presents a maze of meetings for the Democrat, who’ll see not only president Shimon Peres, but scandal-plagued prime minister Ehud Olmert and three potential... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Israel • John McCain • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Brandenburg Gate

 Hezbollah Returns Bodies
 of 2 Israeli Soldiers 

Corpses of servicemen who sparked 2006 war back home

Jul 16, 08 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hezbollah handed over the corpses of two slain Israeli soldiers in an exchange at the Lebanon-Israel border this morning, Reuters reports. The soldiers' capture sparked the 2006 war that killed 1,200 in Lebanon and 159 Israelis. Once the remains are identified, Israel will free five Lebanese prisoners, including one... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Lebanon War • Hezbollah • Shimon Peres • Israeli prisoner release • prisoner exchange

Cop's Suicide Interrupts Sarkozy's Israel Send-Off

Airport incident spurs assassination fears

Jun 24, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - An elite Israeli border policeman shot himself in the head today in the middle of a departure ceremony for Nicolas Sarkozy. Security officers, worried about a possible assassination attempt, rushed Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni onto their plane, while others spirited away Ehud Olmert and Shimon Peres, who were there... More »

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Israel • suicide • Ehud Olmert • Nicolas Sarkozy • Shimon Peres • Carla Bruni

Israeli Court to Rule on Gaza Blockade

Egypt border remains open, but humanitarian concerns grow

Jan 24, 08 7:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel's highest court will conduct an emergency hearing Sunday on suits filed by Palestinian organizations over the blockade that has cut Israeli shipments of fuel and gas to Hamas-controlled Gaza. The border to Egypt remains open, reports Haaretz, after militants in the Gaza Strip blasted open the fence and thousands... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • Tzipi Livni • Shimon Peres • Gaza Egypt border • Ban Ki-Moon

Israel Revs Up Electric Cars

Endorses national initiative to switch to electric cars

Jan 21, 08 3:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel is taking the first steps toward getting drivers behind the electric wheel. The country today unveiled a joint project that calls for Renault-Nissan to build cars and a California startup to build the infrastructure. The electric cars are to hit the mass market by 2010 with half a million... More »

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Israel • Shimon Peres • fuel • Olmert • electric cars • foreign oil • Better Place • Shai Agassi • charging stations

Bush Honors Holocaust Victims

President visits Yad Vashem before leaving Israel for Kuwait

Jan 11, 08 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A yarmulke-wearing George Bush early today visited Israeli Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, which he called "a sobering reminder that evil exists." Bush, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres, rekindled the eternal flame and laid a wreath next to the names of victims of... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Holocaust • Jerusalem • Shimon Peres • Yad Vashem • George W. Bush

Bush: Iran a 'Threat to
World Peace'

President reiterates threat at beginning
of Mideast visit

Jan 9, 08 3:12 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush called Iran a "threat to world peace," and reaffirmed America's support for Israel today in the first visit to that country of his presidency. Bush's tough talk came in response to the harassment of US ships by Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz last weekend.... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Iran • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Salam Fayyad • Strait of Hormuz • George W. Bush

Bush in Israel on Peace Mission

President hopes to accelerate talks, but Olmert's position is fragile

Jan 9, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - George W. Bush has arrived in Tel Aviv for his first presidential visit to Israel, where he hopes to boost momentum on the peace talks launched in Annapolis. Haaretz reports that both President Shimon Peres and PM Ehud Olmert met the president at the airport. Overshadowing the visit, though, is... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • Shimon Peres • Israel and Palestinians • Kadima • Avigdor Lieberman • George W. Bush

Israel's Parliament Elects Peres President

83-year-old former PM vows to unite country

Jun 13, 07 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Knesset voted in Vice Premier Shimon Peres as president of Israel today, after his two rivals for the office dropped out. Peres, a former PM and Nobel laureate, says his job is to unite Israeli society and "expel despair from our midst." He follows Moshe Katsav, who... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Kadima Party • Shimon Peres • Moshe Katsav • Knesset • Israeli Labor Party • Ariel Sharon • David Ben Gurion

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