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Topic: Shimon Peres

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February 21, 2013
3:51 pm

A portrait of President Shimon Peres etched into a wheat field at Kibbutz Tal-Yossef, February 2013. (photo credit: Assaf Suleman)

Peres has a field day

Unusual artist traces enormous portrait of the president in a kibbutz wheat field

By Stuart Winer

February 21, 2013
3:03 pm

President Shimon Peres speaks at a ceremony at Tel Hai, in northern Israel, on February 21, 2013. (photo credit: Mark Neiman/GPO/La'am)

Peres urges EU to brand Hezbollah as terrorists

President warns Lebanon not to initiate violence against Jewish state, says Shiite group threatens Beirut more than Israel

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 21, 2013
3:40 am

President Shimon Peres, right, shakes hands for photographers with Republican Senator Marco Rubio during their meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

GOP senator: Jerusalem is ‘of course’ Israel’s capital

Marco Rubio meets with Peres, Netanyahu; praises Obama’s upcoming visit

February 18, 2013
5:42 pm

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, left, and Jewish Home chief Naftali Bennett at the opening session of the Knesset last month (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Lapid and Bennett say coalition talks languishing

Jewish Home and Yesh Atid factions reiterate they won’t give in to Likud pressure to relinquish key policy demands

By Stuart Winer

February 18, 2013
5:25 pm

US President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres at the White House in Washington June 13, 2012. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

Peres to give Obama Medal of Distinction

President will honor his American counterpart for standing with Israel ‘in times of crisis’

By Raphael Ahren

February 17, 2013
5:25 pm

Shimon Peres (right) and Ben Cardin at a meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday (photo credit: Flash90)

Anticipating visit, Peres says Obama will handle Iran

President tells American policymakers White House has shown understanding and support for Israel’s security needs

By Aaron Kalman

February 13, 2013
6:24 pm

Pope Benedict XVI leads a mass in the Kidron Valley, outside Jerusalem's Old City, in May 2009 (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Benedict’s papacy: Close Jewish relations with occasional bumps

‘History will view him as the last of the traditional European pontiffs, the last pope who personally experienced World War II and the Holocaust,’ says AJC’s senior interreligious adviser

By Ruth Ellen Gruber

February 12, 2013
5:39 pm

President Shimon Peres (far right) and Minister of Internal Security Yitzhak Aharonovich (center) visit the Ayalon prison Tuesday (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Yitzhak Rabin’s killer should ‘rot in jail,’ Peres says

President says Yigal Amir ‘should pay the full price for his murder, just as we, society at large, have paid because of his crime’

By Michal Shmulovich

February 12, 2013
10:00 am

Barack Obama visiting Yad Vashem as a senator in 2008. (photo credit: Meir Azulay/Pool/Flash90)

Obama in Israel: Rabin’s grave, Iron Dome, Dead Sea Scrolls

The US president’s tentative itinerary includes a major public address, visits to memorials, lengthy meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas

By Gabe Fisher

February 12, 2013
8:12 am

A billboard in Bethlehem showing Mahmoud Abbas and Pope Benedict in 2009. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Palestinian Catholics wary of Pope Benedict’s exit

From the web Outgoing pontiff was seen as friendly to Palestinian statehood cause, Sydney Morning Herald reports

February 11, 2013
6:29 pm

President Shimon Peres during a meeting with The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on February 11, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)

Peres tells US Jewish leaders Obama will deal with Iran

Fatah official says no chance of a three-way summit during president’s visit

By Stuart Winer

February 11, 2013
5:24 pm

Naftali Bennett (center) seen at the swearing-in ceremony at the opening session of Israel's 19th Knesset, February 5, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Bennett powwow for first time in years

The two decided to talk again soon, PMO says; Lapid tells party members he hasn’t discussed the allocation of portfolios

By Aaron Kalman

February 11, 2013
12:28 pm

Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman, Jerusalem 2009. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Justice minister avoids former president’s clemency bid

Moshe Katsav, who claims his rape conviction was unfounded, is campaigning for an early release

By Stuart Winer

February 10, 2013
2:45 pm

Leader of the left-wing Meretz party Zahava Gal-on speaks at the site were Emil Grunzweig was killed in an attack on a Peace Now rally in 1983. A memorial ceremony was held on the 30th anniversary of the event, on Sunday 10th February 2013. (photo credit Flash90)

Netanyahu will let chance of peace go, leftist leader warns

At memorial of slain anti-war activist Emil Grunzweig, Meretz head says left-wing groups are still targets of incitement

By Stuart Winer

February 6, 2013
12:53 am

Jewish Home party chairman Naftali Bennett with one of his daughters at the Knesset swearing-in ceremony, Feb. 5, 2013 (photo credit: Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)

At Knesset swearing-in ceremony, it’s a family affair

Accompanied by their relatives, Israel’s fresh batch of lawmakers practice light politicking before settling down to the serious business of parliament

By Raphael Ahren

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Shimon Peres

Peres has a field day

Unusual artist traces enormous portrait of the president in a kibbutz wheat field

Peres urges EU to brand Hezbollah as terrorists

President warns Lebanon not to initiate violence against Jewish state, says Shiite group threatens Beirut more than Israel

GOP senator: Jerusalem is ‘of course’ Israel’s capital

Marco Rubio meets with Peres, Netanyahu; praises Obama’s upcoming visit

Lapid and Bennett say coalition talks languishing

Jewish Home and Yesh Atid factions reiterate they won’t give in to Likud pressure to relinquish key policy demands

Peres to give Obama Medal of Distinction

President will honor his American counterpart for standing with Israel ‘in times of crisis’

Anticipating visit, Peres says Obama will handle Iran

President tells American policymakers White House has shown understanding and support for Israel’s security needs

Benedict’s papacy: Close Jewish relations with occasional bumps

‘History will view him as the last of the traditional European pontiffs, the last pope who personally experienced World War II and the Holocaust,’ says AJC’s senior interreligious adviser

Yitzhak Rabin’s killer should ‘rot in jail,’ Peres says

President says Yigal Amir ‘should pay the full price for his murder, just as we, society at large, have paid because of his crime’

Obama in Israel: Rabin’s grave, Iron Dome, Dead Sea Scrolls

The US president’s tentative itinerary includes a major public address, visits to memorials, lengthy meetings with Netanyahu and Abbas

Palestinian Catholics wary of Pope Benedict’s exit

From the web Outgoing pontiff was seen as friendly to Palestinian statehood cause, Sydney Morning Herald reports

Peres tells US Jewish leaders Obama will deal with Iran

Fatah official says no chance of a three-way summit during president’s visit

Netanyahu, Bennett powwow for first time in years

The two decided to talk again soon, PMO says; Lapid tells party members he hasn’t discussed the allocation of portfolios

Justice minister avoids former president’s clemency bid

Moshe Katsav, who claims his rape conviction was unfounded, is campaigning for an early release

Netanyahu will let chance of peace go, leftist leader warns

At memorial of slain anti-war activist Emil Grunzweig, Meretz head says left-wing groups are still targets of incitement

At Knesset swearing-in ceremony, it’s a family affair

Accompanied by their relatives, Israel’s fresh batch of lawmakers practice light politicking before settling down to the serious business of parliament

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