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Shimon Peres

A cheering crowd at Ben-Gurion Airport raises a soldier in the rescue squad that freed the hijacked hostages from Uganda earlier in the day, July 4, 1976. In the background is the C-130 transport plane which took part in the raid. The rescuer's face is obscured for security reasons. (AP Photo/Pool)
June 26, 2026, 6:00 am
‘Zero hour is coming’: How Israel went from negotiating over hostages to the daring raid at Entebbe
The Entebbe rescue operation, whose 50th anniversary is approaching, is the stuff of Israeli legend. A new trove of archival documents shows how the government took the fateful decision — despite the risks
By Ben Sales and Stav Levaton
Pope Francis (center) poses for a photo with Raphael Schutz, the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See (first from left), Rabbi Abramo Alberto Funaro (second from left), Redouane Abdellah of Rome's Islamic Center (second from right) and Issa Kassissieh, the Palestinian Authority's ambassador to the Holy See (first from right) after an evening of peace prayers in the Vatican Gardens, at the Vatican, June 7, 2024. (Alessandra Tarantino / POOL / AFP)
June 7, 2024, 11:20 pm
‘The hatred it sows’: Pope recreates 2014 Vatican summit to pray for end to Gaza war
Israeli, PA envoys attend event at Holy See in which Francis calls for a ceasefire, release of hostages and warns the conflict will taint future generations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
(L-R) Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, US President Bill Clinton, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on September 13, 1993. (Wikipedia)
August 30, 2023, 1:58 pm
‘Difficult deal’: Declassified protocols show Oslo Accords okayed with marked wariness
30 years later, key cabinet quotes reveal Rabin, Peres feared Palestinians wouldn’t forgo terror, weren’t giving enough for Israeli concessions; Rabin foreshadowed own assassination
By Michael Bachner
Golda Meir, Israel's prime minister from 1983-1984, 1969-1974, as envisioned in Gavin Rain's artwork, part of the Prime Ministers in Perspective exhibit at Jerusalem's Biennale Gallery, April 23, 2023 through May 7, 2023. (Courtesy, Clive Hassel/Reproduction of Artists Works for Brandsmiths and Myron Zeidel)
April 24, 2023, 11:40 pm
Artist connects the dots for a new look at Israel’s leaders
Exhibit of 12 neo-pointillist portraits of prime ministers offers fresh perspectives for Israel’s 75th, at Jerusalem Biennale Gallery in old Shaare Zedek building
By Jessica Steinberg
Security forces help passengers and crew off Sabena flight 571, following its 1972 hijacking at Lod Airport (Ron Ilan/Israel Defense Forces Archive)
May 19, 2022, 4:01 pm
‘Mechanics are en route’: Defense Ministry releases logs from 1972 Sabena hijacking
Military archive marks 50 years since ‘Operation Isotope’ when Sayeret Matkal commandos disguised as technicians stormed flight 571 to rescue passengers from Palestinian terrorists
By Emanuel Fabian
Former president Shimon Peres during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, November 2, 2015. (AP Photo/ Dan Balilty, File)
December 20, 2021, 8:06 pm
Manhattan intersection to be named after Shimon Peres
New York City Council approves renaming the corner of West 95th Street and Riverside Drive as ‘Shimon Peres Place’
By Shira Hanau
Then-consul general to New York Colette Avital looks on as then-foreign minister Shimon Peres addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, on May 23, 1994, in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp)
October 16, 2021, 9:24 pm
Ex-Labor MK recalls ‘difficult memories’ of alleged ’80s sexual assault by Peres
Colette Avital, also a former senior diplomat, describes a ‘lot of harassment from many people’ during that time; second woman says late president assaulted her too
By ToI Staff
Then-consul general to New York Colette Avital looks on as then-foreign minister Shimon Peres addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, on May 23, 1994, in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp)
October 7, 2021, 4:39 pm
Ex-Labor MK says Shimon Peres sexually assaulted her in the 1980s
Colette Avital, a former senior diplomat, alleges the late statesman forcibly kissed her during a work meeting while he was PM, assaulted her at Paris hotel several years earlier
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset on June 13, 2021 (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)
June 13, 2021, 5:56 pm
‘End this chaos’: Constantly heckled, Bennett says new government ‘here to work’
In address before proposed government’s swearing-in, PM-designate presents coalition amid shouts of ‘liar’ and ‘criminal’; Lapid forgoes speech, says hecklers a disgrace
By Raoul Wootliff
An Israeli protester wears pink during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his official residence in Jerusalem, June 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
June 13, 2021, 2:13 pm
Daily Briefing June 13: For Netanyahu it’s not over till it’s over. Is it over?
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
From Richard Trank's documentary about Shimon Peres, 'Never Stop Dreaming' currently being screened at the 2019 Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival (Courtesy Jerusalem Cinematheque)
January 5, 2020, 5:36 pm
Jerusalem Jewish film fest screens documentary about Peres
Created by Academy Award-winning director Richard Trank for Simon Wiesenthal Center, narrated by George Clooney, movie depicts life of one of Israel’s best-known statesmen
By Jessica Steinberg
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C) sits alongside European Council President Donald Tusk (L) and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery during the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Abir Sultan)
November 20, 2019, 1:32 pm
Abbas says Netanyahu tried to prevent him attending Shimon Peres’s funeral
In interview with Israeli radio, PA president also assails US, says it has no ‘legal authority’ to deem settlements not illegal
By Adam Rasgon
Arnon Milchan (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in the Knesset, on March 28, 2005. (Flash90/ File)
July 10, 2019, 12:40 am
PM said to tell police Milchan handed out ‘tons’ of cigars, ‘sea’ of champagne
According to leaked transcript from graft probe, Netanyahu tells interrogator that billionaire benefactor gave gifts to many politicians, including Shimon Peres and Yair Lapid
By ToI Staff
US President John F. Kennedy and Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion get together for a talk at the Waldorf Towers in 1961 (Walter Kelleher/NY Daily News via Getty Images, JTA)
May 7, 2019, 4:03 pm
Kennedy warned Eshkol US support was ‘jeopardized’ without nuclear inspections
US president was furious with the Jewish state over its atomic program, fearing the Soviet Union could use it as leverage, 1963 telegram recently posted online shows
By Ron Kampeas
Friends and family mourn by the grave of author Amos Oz during a his funeral in Kibbutz Hulda, on December 31, 2018. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)
December 31, 2018, 9:21 pm
Accompanied by melancholy songs, writer Amos Oz buried on kibbutz of his youth
Family and friends at funeral remember warmth and love of country by author who ‘was a compass and a conscience for many’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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