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Shimon Peres



In March 2007, Japan proposed a plan for peace based on common economic development and effort, rather than on continuous wrangling over land. Some Israeli and Palestinian officials stated their support, including Peres, who was then Vice-Premier. [17] In early 2008, this plan moved closer to realization, as plans were announced by Peres for joint economic effort in four locations in the West Bank, in a plan known as the Valley of Peace initiative. This effort was to include joint economic and industrial projects, and a jointly-built university, with investment from several countries, including Turkey and Japan. [18]

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Political views

Peres was at one time considered something of a hawk.[19] He was a protégé of Ben-Gurion and Dayan and an early supporter of the West Bank settlers during the 1970s. However, after becoming the leader of his party his stance evolved. More recently he has been seen as a dove, and a strong supporter of the notion of peace through economic cooperation. While still opposed, like all mainstream Israeli leaders in the 1970s and early 1980s, to talks with the PLO, he distanced himself from settlers and spoke of the need for "territorial compromise" over the West Bank and Gaza. For a time he hoped that King Hussein of Jordan could be Israel's Arab negotiating partner rather than Yasser Arafat. Peres met secretly with Hussein in London in 1987 and reached a framework agreement with him, but this was rejected by Israel's then Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir. Shortly afterward the first intifada erupted, and whatever plausibility King Hussein had as a potential Israeli partner in resolving the fate of the West Bank evaporated. Subsequently, Peres gradually moved closer to support for talks with the PLO, although he avoided making an outright commitment to this policy until 1993.

Peres was perhaps more closely associated with the Oslo Accords than any other Israeli politician (Rabin included) with the possible exception of his own protégé, Yossi Beilin. He has remained an adamant supporter of the Oslo Accords and the Palestinian Authority since their inception despite the First Intifada and the Al-Aqsa Intifada. However, Peres supported Ariel Sharon's military policy of operating the Israeli Defence Forces to thwart suicide bombings.

Often, Peres acts as the informal "spokesman" of Israel (even when he is in the opposition) since he earned high prestige and respect among the international public opinion and diplomatic circles. Peres advocates Israel's security policy (military counter terror operations and the Israeli West Bank barrier) against international criticism and de-legitimation efforts from pro-Palestinian circles.

Peres' foreign policy outlook is markedly realist. For example, to placate Turkey, the only significant Muslim country in the region that is friendly towards Israel, Peres is reported to have explicitly denied the Armenian genocide.[20] He was quoted, "We reject attempts to create a similarity between the Holocaust and the Armenian allegations. Nothing similar to the Holocaust occurred. It is a tragedy what the Armenians went through but not a genocide."[21][22][23] The Israeli Foreign Ministry, in addressing the controversy these remarks had created, later suggested that Peres had been misquoted, and that he "absolutely did not say, as the Turkish news agency alleged, 'What the Armenians underwent was a tragedy, not a genocide.'"[24]

On the issue of the nuclear program of Iran and the alleged existential threat this poses for Israel, Peres stated, "I am not in favor of a military attack on Iran, but we must quickly and decisively establish a strong, aggressive coalition of nations that will impose painful economic sanctions on Iran." He added, "Iran's efforts to achieve nuclear weapons should keep the entire world from sleeping soundly." In the same speech, Peres compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his call to "wipe Israel off the map" to the genocidal threats to European Jewry made by Adolf Hitler in the years prior to the Holocaust.[25]

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Books

Shimon Peres is the author of eleven books, including:

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References

  1. ^ Presidency rounds off 66-year career - Haaretz - Israel News
  2. ^ a b c Tore Frangsmyr:Shimon Peres, The Nobel Peace Prize 1994. The Nobel Foundation (1995).
  3. ^ Peres elected President. The Jerusalem Post (2007-06-12). Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
  4. ^ a b Jim Teeple, "Shimon Peres Sworn In as Israel's President", VOA News, July 15, 2007.
  5. ^ Location of Wiszniew on the map of the Second Polish Republic in the years 1921-1939, www.jewishinstitute.org.pl/
  6. ^ Knesset Member, Shimon Peres. Knesset. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
  7. ^ a b c Shimon Peres Biography. Academy of Achievement (2008-02-13).
  8. ^ Judy L. Beckham (August 2, 2003). Shimon Peres, 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. Israel-Times.
  9. ^ Not like other murderers Haaretz, 5 November 2007
  10. ^ Sonia Peres regains consciousness. Ynetnews (2007-05-25). Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
  11. ^ Peres: Not such a bad record after all. The Jerusalem Post (2005-11-12). Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  12. ^ Israel Labour head to meet Sharon. BBC News (2005-11-10). Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
  13. ^ Verter, Yossi (2006-01-06). Under Peres, Kadima would win 42 seats; under Olmert - 40. Haaretz. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
  14. ^ Shimon Peres calls on his supporters to vote Kadima. Haaretz (2006-01-09). Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
  15. ^ Peres elected Israel's president. BBC News (2007-06-13). Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
  16. ^ Shimon Peres becomes 1st Israeli president to address a Muslim parliament. Jerusalem Post (13 November 2007).
  17. ^ Israelis, Palestinians applaud Japanese development plan Associated Press via Haaretz.com, 3/15/07
  18. ^ Yaakov Lappin (January 18th, 2008). A valley of economic harmony. Jerusalem Post.
  19. ^ Shimon Peres: From Hawk to Dove. Vision.org (Winter 2000). Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
  20. ^ Auron, Yair. The Banality of denial: Israel and the Armenian Genocide.New York City: Transaction Publishers, 2003.
  21. ^ Peres stands accused over denial of "meaningless" Armenian Holocaust, by Robert Fisk
  22. ^ Protest Israeli foreign minister's remarks dismissing Armenian genocide as "meaningless"
  23. ^ Peres to Turks: Our stance on Armenian issue hasn't changed
  24. ^ Auron, Yair. The Banality of Denial. 2007, page 127.
  25. ^ Pfeffer, Anshel. "Peres: Fight terror - reduce global dependence on oil." Haaretz. 5 May 2008. 5 May 2008.

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NAME Peres, Shimon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perske, Shimon (birth name); שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּרֶס (Hebrew)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Israeli politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Poland
DATE OF DEATH living
PLACE OF DEATH




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