The following world figures will attend Shimon Peres’s funeral in Jerusalem on Friday, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry:
• US President Barack Obama
• Former US President Bill Clinton and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
• US Secretary of State John Kerry
• Britain’s Prince Charles
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
• French President Francois Hollande
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel
• German President Joachim Gauck
• Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto
• Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
— AP
US President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres at the White House, June 13, 2012. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
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