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| Former Israeli President Shimon Peres suffers stroke | Former Israeli President Shimon Peres suffers stroke |
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| The former Israeli President, Shimon Peres, has been rushed to a hospital outside Tel Aviv after suffering a stroke, his office says. | |
| The 93 year old was fully conscious and in a stable condition at the Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Hashomer, according to a statement. | |
| Mr Peres was currently receiving medical treatment, it added. | |
| In January, he underwent successful minor surgery at the same hospital after suffering a small heart attack. | |
| The veteran politician has held almost every major political office since Israel was founded in 1948, and was the architect of Israel's secret nuclear programme. | |
| He twice served as prime minister and was president from 2007 to 2014. | |
| He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role negotiating the Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier, a prize he shared with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was later assassinated, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. | |
| Despite his age, Mr Peres has maintained an active public schedule, mostly through his non-governmental Peres Centre for Peace, which promotes closer ties between Israel and the Palestinians. |