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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 369

Presidential Medal of Distinction

Dr. Dalia Fadila receives Presidential Medal of Honor from President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, December 2022. (Screen grab)
August 5, 2023, 9:37 am
Visionary educator Dalia Fadila, Presidential Medal of Honor winner, drowns at 51
Groundbreaking founder of Arab educational and youth networks dies at Herzliya beach; last year Herzog said she built initiatives ‘in places where others had already given up’
By ToI Staff
Then-US Vice President Joe Biden (left) with then Opposition chairman Isaac Herzog. in 2015 (Isaac Herzog/Twitter)
July 7, 2022, 6:02 pm
Herzog to honor Biden with Presidential Medal of Honor next week
US leader set to become first recipient of award since 2014, for his ‘uncompromising decades-long commitment to Israel’s security,’ says president’s office
By Lazar Berman
President Shimon Peres places the Presidential Medal of Distinction around the neck of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (photo credit: Haim Tzach/GPO)
June 9, 2014, 6:21 pm
Peres bestows top honor on Italian president
A day after peace invocation ceremony at the Vatican, president gives Giorgio Napolitano the Presidential Medal of Distinction
By Mitch Ginsburg
President Shimon Peres landed in Rome, Italy, to visit the Vatican on Sunday, June 8, 2014. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
June 8, 2014, 5:41 pm
Peres to grant Italian president Israel’s highest honor
Giorgio Napolitano to receive Presidential Medal of Distinction for supporting the Jewish state, opposing terror
By Marissa Newman
President Shimon Peres awards German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Presidential Medal of Distinction for her commitment to German-Israeli friendship, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, 25 February 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 25, 2014, 5:26 pm
Peres honors Merkel, lauds her stance against anti-Semitism
President awards Israel’s highest honor to German leader, who urges Israel, Palestinians to make ‘painful concessions’ for peace
By ToI Staff
Angela Merkel addresses the Knesset, on March 18, 2008. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 21, 2014, 12:42 am
Angela Merkel to be awarded Presidential Medal
German chancellor will receive prize from President Peres for her ‘unwavering commitment to Israel’s security’
By ToI Staff
President Shimon Peres seen awarding Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel the Presidential Medal of Distinction, at a ceremony in New York City, November 25, 2013. (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash90)
November 26, 2013, 5:19 pm
Peres awards Elie Wiesel the Presidential Medal
Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor given Israel’s highest honor for his work on tolerance and preserving memory of Shoah
By Lazar Berman
'Bridge of Spies' director Steven Spielberg (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
September 12, 2013, 9:51 pm
Peres to honor Spielberg, Wiesel with annual award
President to give award to two figures known for their work commemorating the Holocaust, among other recipients
By AP and ToI Staff
President Shimon Peres awards former president Bill Clinton with the Presidential Medal of Distinction, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
June 19, 2013, 12:30 pm
Peres honors ‘cherished friend’ Bill Clinton
In accepting Presidential Medal of Distinction, former US leader recalls his mistakes, calls on Israel to make peace with the Palestinians
By Gavriel Fiske and Raphael Ahren
President Shimon Peres speaks at a state dinner in honor of visiting US President Barack Obama. (photo credit: image capture from Channel 10)
March 21, 2013, 8:58 pm
Full text of Peres’s address to Obama at state dinner
Israeli president bestows Medal of Distinction upon US leader, praises his leadership, values, wisdom and friendship
US President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres at the White House. June 13, 2012. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
February 18, 2013, 5:25 pm
Peres to give Obama Medal of Distinction
President will honor his American counterpart for standing with Israel ‘in times of crisis’
By Raphael Ahren
October 15, 2012, 10:54 pm
Conductor Zubin Mehta awarded presidential medal
Director of Israel Philharmonic honored for cultural contribution to the state
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