- 28 Sep 2016 13:41
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I'm Israeli. Personally I think he caused lots of damage and suffering to Israeli people, mainly in his ill-judged "peace" initiative with the Palestinians. Unlike current much abused prime minister, he did't hold stern Jewish pride which can stand firmly on Israel prime and foremost interests against the whole world. No matter what the rest of the world says. But today when it was announced that he passed away, I wept. Why? Because whatever we say, at the last stand, he represent the last member of the founding father of State of Israel. It's funny. In the 90's after the horrible terror attacks that Oslo accord brought with it, I prayed for him to stand on trial for treachery which compromised fundamental Israel's security and interests. And here today, I'm crying.
BBC news wrote:
Former Israeli PM and president Shimon Peres has died aged 93, reports say.
He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and his condition improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday.
Mr Peres, who was one of the last of a generation of Israeli politicians present at the new nation's birth in 1948, served twice as the country's prime minister and once as president.
He won the Nobel Peace prize in 1994 for his role negotiating peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier.
He once said the Palestinians were Israel's "closest neighbours" and might become its "closest friends".
Mr Peres shared his Nobel Peace Prize with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was later assassinated, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
At the start of his long political career, he was put in charge of personnel and arms purchases for the Haganah, the predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces.
He secured a deal with France to supply the new Israeli nation with Mirage jet fighters. He also set up Israel's secret nuclear facility.
Once an advocate of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Peres later became a leading political dove. He often spoke of the need for compromise over territorial demands in Palestinian areas.
He maintained an active public schedule into old age, mostly through his non-governmental Peres Centre for Peace, which promotes closer ties between Israel and the Palestinians.