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From the Liveblog of Wednesday, July 30, 2014

‘The war has reached its culmination’ — Peres

30 July 2014, 11:27 am

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Speaking to reporters after visiting soldiers in Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center, former president Shimon Peres says, “The war has reached its culmination point,” and that the goal now is to find the best ceasefire.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks with Israel's President Shimon Peres after a joint press conference at the president residence in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks with Shimon Peres after a joint press conference at the president’s residence in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Peres also says that Hamas is more isolated than Israel, and that the Arab world understands that Hamas is the real threat to Gaza.

Israel’s elder statesman calls for Mahmoud Abbas’s government to be reinstated as the ruler of Gaza instead of Hamas.

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