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5 days ago · In 1993, in his role as Israeli foreign minister, Peres helped negotiate a peace accord with Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), for which they, along with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1994.
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During his presidency (2007–2014), Shimon Peres was noted for his embrace of social media to communicate with the public, being described as "Israel's first social media president", [170] which included producing comedic videos on his YouTube channel such as "Be my Friend for Peace" [170] and "Former Israeli President Shimon Peres Goes Job ...
Sep 28, 2016 · Shimon Peres was the last of the generation of politicians who founded Israel in 1948 to leave the public stage. But even though his life of public service stretched over 70 years, it is not...
Sep 15, 2016 · Peres was the 'almost' man of Israeli politics who was expected to win but always lost. He was prime minister for a few months in 1977 after Yitzhak Rabin's resignation and then for a...
Sep 28, 2016 · Shimon Peres, often described as “ the last of Israel’s founding fathers ”, has died at 93 after a major stroke. Peres was a pillar of the Israeli political scene from the state’s founding...
Sep 28, 2016 · On his election as President, Peres resigned his seat in the Knesset, bringing to an end the longest parliamentary career in his country’s history. As Head of State, the President’s role transcends the divisions of party politics. The election of Shimon Peres to the Presidency was the ultimate recognition of his lifelong service to his country.
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Sep 28, 2016 · Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres was in charge of the negotiations on the Israeli side, and in the autumn of 1994 he shared the Peace Prize with his own Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
