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Shimon Peres
Peres, Shimon
Peres, Shimon (1923– ) Israeli statesman, prime minister (1986–88, 1995–96), b. Belarus. Elected to the Knesset in 1959, Peres was a founder (1968) of the Labour Party. He served in the cabinet under Golda
Meir, and became minister of defence under Yitzhak
Rabin. In 1977, he succeeded Rabin as leader of the Labour Party, and led Labour to a narrow victory in 1984 elections. Unable to form a government, Peres entered a power-sharing arrangement with Yitzhak
Shamir. In 1992, he lost the party leadership to Rabin, and subsequently served as foreign minister under him. Peres, Rabin and Yasir
Arafat shared the 1994 Nobel Prize for peace for their roles in the
Israeli-Palestinian Accord. Peres returned as prime minister after Rabin's assassination (1995), but was narrowly defeated in 1996 elections by Binyamin
Netanyahu and stood down as Labour leader in favour of Ehud
Barak. Peres served as minister of regional cooperation (1999–2001) under Barak and foreign minister (2001– ) under Ariel
Sharon.
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Shimon the 'peres' moves to San Diego
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/25/1999; ; 459 words
; ...Minister for Regional Cooperation Shimon Peres, the former prime minister and...Veterinarian Yonatan Peres, the son of Shimon Peres, told The San Diego Jewish Press...real story of how Persky became Peres." Shimon the peres was named after the...
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What Shimon Peres can do for Jonathan Pollard
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...06-20-2007 Headline: What Shimon Peres can do for Jonathan Pollard Byline...Like most newly elected leaders, Shimon Peres announced in his victory speech...diplomatic visits to Washington. SHIMON PERES has the opportunity to be different...
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The old and new Shimon Peres
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/5/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...1998 FOR THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL by Shimon Peres and Robert Littell. Baltimore...no matter what your slant on Shimon Peres. Agree or disagree, it reveals...bomb." That is the voice of the Shimon Peres who, well- grounded in reality...
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Shimon Peres, Forging Ahead; Israel's New Leader Finds New Strength in Washington
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/13/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...left another widow. Shimon Peres came to Washington this...pledge to you personally, Shimon, that I will be your...conference on Monday. Peres looked up at Clinton gratefully...minster. But it's only Shimon Peres." In his various government...
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Shimon Peres: The Biography.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Shofar; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; Shimon Peres: The Biography, by Michael Bar-Zohar. New York: Random House, 2007. 554 pp. $29.95. Throughout Shimon Peres's long political career, from his nomination in December 1953 as director...
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Against all the odds: Peres bows out. (Shimon Peres' election loss against Israel's newly-elected Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu)(includes related article on Israeli-Arabs' quest for legal equality with Jews in Israel)
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Against the pollsters predictions, Shimon Peres was ousted as Israel's Prime...s new Prime Minister would be Shimon Peres. The morning news greeted the...Begin, Likud wrenched power from Shimon Peres and removed Labour from the predominant...
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What next for Shimon Peres?
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...2001 Headline: What next for Shimon Peres? Byline: Amotz Asa-El Edition...insight still needed vindication, Shimon Peres forcefully supplied it this week...peace deals. What, then, was Shimon Peres? Like many of his Rafi colleagues...
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Analysis: Efforts by Israeli politician Shimon Peres to win parliamentary support for his bid to run for prime minister
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 12/21/2000; ; 626 words
; ...Efforts by Israeli politician Shimon Peres to win parliamentary support for...Siegel. Israeli Nobel laureate Shimon Peres has lost his bid to run for prime...RUVEN HASAN (Hebrew University): Shimon Peres is just not an electable figure...
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Leaders Salute Israel's Shimon Peres
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...2003 Dateline: TEL AVIV, Israel Shimon Peres, left, leader of Israeli opposition...help mark the 80th birthday of Shimon Peres , a Nobel laureate. (AP Photo...Government Press Office/Moshe Milner) Shimon Peres basked in the adulation of more...
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Peres: peacemaker, nuclear pioneer. (Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres)
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...predicament faced by Prime Minister Shimon Peres. At age 73, Peres is at a critical...than any other Israeli leader, Shimon Peres is a product of the nuclear age...in 1966, it was none other than Shimon Peres, then an opposition party leader...
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Shimon Peres
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Shimon Peres Shimon Peres (born 1923) served as Israel's prime minister from 1984 through 1986 and again in 1995, following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiations with the Palestinians...
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Peres, Shimon
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Peres, Shimon (b. 16 Aug. 1923). Prime Minster of Israel 1977, 1984–...Minister of Defence, despite their usual disagreements and controversies. Peres and Rabin shared an unusual combination of mutual dislike, bitter rivalry...
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Israeli-Palestinian Peace Accord
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...official signing ceremony. Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and PLO official Abou Abbas signed the accords, granting...Israel that killed fifty-seven Israelis. This prompted Shimon Peres, the acting prime minister, to break off the peace...
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Yitzhak Rabin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...was succeeded as party leader by Shimon Peres . As defense minister (1984-90...there (see Intifada ). Rabin ousted Peres as Labor party leader in 1992 and...and West Bank. Rabin, along with Peres and PLO leader Yasir Arafat , received...
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Israel
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...November 4, 1995, a Jewish extremist assassinated Rabin. Shimon Peres , Rabin's successor, continued the peace process. Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu narrowly defeated Peres in 1996 elections. Netanyahu, while vowing to maintain...
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