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SHIMON PERES, Israeli President, urging Abbas to rethink his decision to step down
This week, top Israeli leaders including Barak, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres have worked the phones, hoping to convince world leaders that giving credence to the Goldstone report would "handcuff" and "cripple" the West in its war on terrorism. Adopting the Goldstone report, Barak warned, might pave...
The friction is the latest in a relationship that has been worsening since last December, when Turkey - predominantly Muslim but officially secular - condemned Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip that left 1,500 Palestinians dead. In January, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stormed out of a debate with...
Shimon Peres, Israeli President "Under your leadership, you have begun making peace a reality and making it a key issue on the agenda, which must be realized. From Jerusalem I express my confidence that the bells of understanding and dialogue between the nations will start ringing again."
"There are few leaders who have managed to change the atmosphere in the world in such a short time," said Israeli President Shimon Peres. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat made sure to convey his side's concerns in his own message congratulating Obama: "We hope that he will be able...