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Shimon Peres was born Szymon Perski, on 2 August 1923, in Wiszniew, Poland (now Vishnyeva, Belarus), to Yitzhak (1896–1962) and Sara (1905–1969, née Meltzer) Perski. The family spoke Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian at home, and Peres learned Polish at school. He then learned to speak English and French.
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Apr 30, 1999 · Shimon Peres was a Polish-born Israeli statesman, who served as both prime minister (1984–86 and 1995–96) and president (2007–14) of Israel. He was a key negotiator of the Oslo Accords and a proponent of the two-state solution.
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Sep 28, 2016 · Shimon Peres served as director of the Defense Ministry delegation in the United States in the early 1950s, and continued his education at the New School for Social Research in New York City, and at Harvard. In 1953, at age 29, he was appointed Director-General of the Ministry of Defense.
Shimon Peres was one of Israel’s longest-serving and most distinguished politicians. He was the first person to have served as both Prime Minister and President of the Jewish State. Peres was born on August 2, 1923, in Wieniawa, Poland (now Vishniev in Belarus ), and immigrated to Mandatory Palestine with his family at the age of eleven.
Statesman, idealist, military hawk, dove, poet, dreamer: these are some of the faces of Israel’s longest-serving politician. This video takes the viewer through the highlights of Peres’s career and life, detailing his policies, visions, and values.
Sep 28, 2016 · By Marilyn Berger. Sept. 27, 2016. Shimon Peres, one of the last surviving pillars of Israel’s founding generation, who did more than anyone to build up his country’s formidable military might...
Sep 28, 2016 · The BBC's Kevin Connolly looks back at the long career of Shimon Peres, who helped shape every decade of Israel's life.
