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- An Israeli pays his last respects to former president Shimon Peres at the Knesset on September 29, 2016, where his coffin lay in state the day before his burial on Mount Herzl. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
- The Knesset Honor Guard stands by the coffin of Shimon Peres at the plaza where the public paid their last respects to the former president on September 29, 2016. (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)
- Pope Francis looks on as Israel's then-president Shimon Peres (left), and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas greet each other during an evening of peace prayers in the Vatican gardens, Sunday, June 8, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia)
- Thousands of Israelis pay their respects to Shimon Peres at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 29, 2016, a day after the elder statesman died at the age of 93 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
- A portrait of Shimon Peres stands in the plaza outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 29, 2016, as thousands of Israelis pay their respects to the elder statesman a day after his death at the age of 93. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
- Israelis line up before paying their respect in front of the coffin of former president Shimon Peres at a plaza outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 29, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA)
- Former US president Bill Clinton, Israeli president Reuven Rivlin and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein pay their respects at the lying in state of former president and prime minister Shimon Peres, September 29, 2016. (Yizhak Harari/Shimon Rivkin/Knesset Spokesman's office)
- Former US president Bill Clinton pays his respects at the lying in state of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres, September 29, 2016. (Yizhak Harari/Shimon Rivkin/Knesset Spokesman's office)
- The Knesset Honor Guard carries the coffin of former president and prime minister Shimon Peres at the Knesset, September 29, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)