The official Palestinian Authority news agency says Peres was an architect of the settlement movement, was responsible for the deaths of Palestinians, and committed “many crimes.”
The news report by the Wafa agency notes that Peres was also responsible for building the Dimona nuclear reactor.
The PA outlet makes no mention of Peres’s role in the peace process or the Oslo Accords, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
The report only appears in the website’s Arabic-language version. The English news site does not report the former president’s death.
Shimon Peres meets with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, May 14, 1997. (photo credit: Flash90)
Meanwhile, Hamas media praises Peres’s willingness to cede territory as part of a peace plan.
“Although he was one of the builders of the settlements, he became one of the prominent advocates of peace and spoke frequently about the need for concessions,” it reports, according to a translation by Army Radio.
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