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| Shimon Peres dies: global reaction to former Israeli leader's death – latest | Shimon Peres dies: global reaction to former Israeli leader's death – latest |
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| I am going to hand over to my colleague Ben Doherty now. He will continue to update as more reaction comes in from around the world. Peres’s family is due to speak to the media in about half an hour. | |
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| White House releases statement from Barack Obama | |
| The statement said Peres was one of the “ few people who we share this world with who change the course of human history, not just through their role in human events, but because they expand our moral imagination and force us to expect more of ourselves. My friend Shimon was one of those people.” | |
| Shimon was the essence of Israel itself—the courage of Israel’s fight for independence, the optimism he shared with his wife Sonya as they helped make the desert bloom, and the perseverance that led him to serve his nation in virtually every position in government across the entire life of the State of Israel. As Americans, we are in his debt because, having worked with every U.S. president since John F. Kennedy, no one did more over so many years as Shimon Peres to build the alliance between our two countries—an unbreakable alliance that today is closer and stronger than it has ever been. | |
| Here is the statement in full: | |
| Here is President Obama's full statement on Shimon Peres: pic.twitter.com/RPfQV7ClRT | |
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| AFP have out together a list of the key dates in the life of Shimon Peres | |
| - August 2 1923: Born Shimon Persky at Vishneva in what was then Poland and is now Belarus, he later took the Hebrew name Peres, meaning eagle. | |
| - 1934: Arrival in British mandatory Palestine. | |
| - 1959: Elected a member of parliament for Mapai, which would later become the Labour party. | |
| - 1984-1986: Prime minister of a Labour-Likud government of national unity. | |
| - 1993: Oversees secret negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) which lead to the signing of the Oslo accords. | |
| - 1994: Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Yitzhak Rabin (assassinated November 1995) and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (died November 2004) for their role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. | |
| - 1995: Succeeds Rabin after his murder on November 4 as premier and head of the Labour party. | |
| - June 2007: Elected Israel’s ninth president. | |
| - July 2014: Stands down as president nine days before his 91st birthday and during the Gaza war, handing over his duties to Reuven Rivlin. | |
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| Ted Cruz, the US Republican senator, has released a statement paying tribute to Peres’s “exceptional service to the Jewish state” and his “enduring friendship with the United States.” | Ted Cruz, the US Republican senator, has released a statement paying tribute to Peres’s “exceptional service to the Jewish state” and his “enduring friendship with the United States.” |
| “My thoughts and prayers are with his family and our close ally Israel. May his memory be a blessing,” the statement said. | “My thoughts and prayers are with his family and our close ally Israel. May his memory be a blessing,” the statement said. |
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| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| Former US president George HW Bush has lauded Peres’s “singular life of service – to the universal cause of freedom, to the timeless cause of Israel, to the noblest cause of peace.” | Former US president George HW Bush has lauded Peres’s “singular life of service – to the universal cause of freedom, to the timeless cause of Israel, to the noblest cause of peace.” |
| In a statement sent to the Guardian he said: | In a statement sent to the Guardian he said: |
| By his unyielding determination and principle, Shimon Peres time and again helped guide his beloved country through the crucible of mortal challenge. But it was by his innate humanity, his decency, that Shimon inspired the world over and helped pave a path to peace broad enough that future generations will walk it one day, side-by side.” | By his unyielding determination and principle, Shimon Peres time and again helped guide his beloved country through the crucible of mortal challenge. But it was by his innate humanity, his decency, that Shimon inspired the world over and helped pave a path to peace broad enough that future generations will walk it one day, side-by side.” |
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| Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has sent his condolences to Peres’s family and the Israeli nation. | Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has sent his condolences to Peres’s family and the Israeli nation. |
| Lamento la partida del ex mandatario de Israel y Premio Nobel de la Paz, Shimon Peres. Nuestras condolencias a su familia y connacionales. | Lamento la partida del ex mandatario de Israel y Premio Nobel de la Paz, Shimon Peres. Nuestras condolencias a su familia y connacionales. |
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| Peres's family confirm his death | Peres's family confirm his death |
| Peter Beaumont | Peter Beaumont |
| Peres’s death has been confirmed by by his son-in-law and doctor Rafi Walden who said that the statesman died around 3am on Wednesday morning. | Peres’s death has been confirmed by by his son-in-law and doctor Rafi Walden who said that the statesman died around 3am on Wednesday morning. |
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| World leaders have started to send their tributes to Peres. The Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau posted on Twitter that Peres was “above all, a man of peace”. | World leaders have started to send their tributes to Peres. The Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau posted on Twitter that Peres was “above all, a man of peace”. |
| Shimon Peres was, above all, a man of peace. My deepest condolences to his loved ones and to the people of Israel on his passing. | Shimon Peres was, above all, a man of peace. My deepest condolences to his loved ones and to the people of Israel on his passing. |
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| Peter Beaumont | Peter Beaumont |
| Peres died at 3.40 am in the Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv where he had ben treated since suffering a stroke on September 13 surrounded by his family who told Israel radio he was “fighting until the end.” | Peres died at 3.40 am in the Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv where he had ben treated since suffering a stroke on September 13 surrounded by his family who told Israel radio he was “fighting until the end.” |
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| Our picture desk has collated a gallery images from the life of Shimon Peres. | Our picture desk has collated a gallery images from the life of Shimon Peres. |
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| Family to hold press conference | Family to hold press conference |
| Peres’s family are due to hold a press conference, where they are expected to confirm his death, at 7am in Israel (in about one and a half hours’s time). | Peres’s family are due to hold a press conference, where they are expected to confirm his death, at 7am in Israel (in about one and a half hours’s time). |
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| Shimon Peres has died aged 93 | Shimon Peres has died aged 93 |
| The government-run Israel News Agency has confirmed that Shimon Peres, who twice served as prime minister of Israel and later as the country’s ninth president, has died following a stroke. | The government-run Israel News Agency has confirmed that Shimon Peres, who twice served as prime minister of Israel and later as the country’s ninth president, has died following a stroke. |
| We will collate reaction from around the world as it comes in. | We will collate reaction from around the world as it comes in. |
| Here you can read more about Peres’s life and his legacy, by Jerusalem correspondent Peter Beaumont. | Here you can read more about Peres’s life and his legacy, by Jerusalem correspondent Peter Beaumont. |