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The fragility of the new order was obvious as the week progressed, and the recognition talks bore no immediate fruit. Both sides share an urgent desire to reach such an agreement, yet translating that into precise language is proving frustratingly difficult. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres insisted that the deal to...
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres suggested that Israel and the Palestinians were near agreement on a plan for limited Palestinian autonomy in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho. The arrangement would include the withdrawal of Israeli troops from population centers in those two places. Peres says...
In a July 6, 1976 eulogy, Israel's then-Defense Minister Shimon Peres lauded Netanyahu's courage and compassion.
"In the university he studied philosophy. In the army he taught self-sacrifice. To his soldiers he gave his human warmth, and in battle he imbued them with coolness of judgments," Peres said.
For many, none of this came soon enough. Turkey complained that its warnings about threats to its citizens had not been heeded. In Israel reaction to the neo-Nazi violence was even stronger. Calls for economic and tourist boycotts were widely voiced, and a Knesset delegation canceled a trip to...