Tag: Shimon Peres
Herzog presents 13 Israelis with Presidential Medal of Honor
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday night awarded the country's Presidential Medal of Honor to 13 leaders from Israel and the Diaspora during a festive ceremony at his Jerusalem residence.
The award was conferred upon...
Israel declassifies minutes of Cabinet meeting that OK’d first Oslo Accord
Thirty years ago on Aug. 30, 1993, the Israeli government approved the Oslo I Accord. The minutes of the meeting remained "top secret" until Tuesday when the State Archives released them to the public.
What...
Always the optimist: Netflix film on Shimon Peres spotlights political, emotional resilience
A children’s book by Ruth Krauss called The Carrot Seed, first published in 1945, is a little read that packs a big punch. In it, the main character, a little boy who doesn’t even have...
Newly developed Jerusalem convention center to be named after Shimon Peres
Jerusalem’s International Convention Center (Binyenei HaUma) at the entrance to the city will be renamed in memory of the late Israeli statesman Shimon Peres, who died four years ago at the age of 93....
Fourth Yahrzeit for Shimon Peres Observed
The Peres Center for Peace & Innovation on Tuesday hosted the first virtual ceremony of its kind, to commemorate the fourth anniversary since the passing of the Ninth President of the State of Israel,...
Dedication of Peres Center for Peace and Innovation spotlights Israel-China cooperation
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed the crowd by video at the grand opening of the Innovation Center at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. Or did he? Actually, the high-tech stunt was...
Rio de Janeiro city square named after Shimon Peres
Copacabana Sqaure in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was renamed in honor of the late Israeli President Shimon Peres last Friday during a ceremony in the seaside city.
The ceremony was attended by Rio de Janeiro...
Israel bonds remembers Shimon Peres
Development Company for Israel (International) Ltd/Israel Bonds mourns the passing of Shimon Peres, 9th president of the State of Israel. The last member of Israel's founding generation, President Peres lived an extraordinary life, with...
After Shimon Peres, Peace Remains Elusive
In the last two weeks, a few events happened that impact the Israeli/Palestinian crisis. Most recently Shimon Peres — an Israeli legendary leader, twice prime minister, president and one of the architects of the...
Pope Francis will migrate simbolically from Chiapas to Juarez
Pope Francis is expected to make immigration a major theme of his visit to Mexico. By traveling northward across Mexico, he intends to symbolically retrace the journey of Mexican and Central American migrants traveling...