Imagine bumping into Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin on the street. Not actors, but the real Jefferson and Franklin. It would be like bumping into Shimon Peres. To fully grasp his place in ...

While every obituary marking Shimon Peres’s death mentioned his age, 93, the more significant number may be 68, the age of Israel, the country he helped establish. Peres was the last of the founders.

Shimon Peres, an enduring figure of Israeli life and politics who in more than six decades in politics served as both prime minister and president of the Jewish state and, along the way, was awarded ...

JERUSALEM -- Former Israeli President Shimon Peres' condition was showing slight improvements after he suffered a major stroke, with his physicians saying Wednesday that he had regained consciousness ...

The accords set up limited Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories. They lay groundwork for a statehood agreement that none of the three Oslo framers lived to see and, after years of ...

It has been one year since the passing of Shimon Peres. Visionary, soldier, statesman, founder of the State of Israel, prime minister, president, Nobel laureate: no title, description or accolade can ...

In the first three days of its streaming, the documentary about the life and legacy of Shimon Peres became the third most viewed film on Netflix in Israel. Ayelet Frish kvells when talking about the ...

JERUSALEM – Elder statesman Shimon Peres was elected Israel's ninth president on Wednesday, in a race enlivened by his campaign to cap his six-decade political career with a term in the president's ...

The funeral of Shimon Peres, Israel’s former president, on Friday will be attended by some of the world’s most prominent leaders, including President Obama, Bill Clinton, Prince Charles and President ...

The Nobel Prize-winning former Israeli president and prime minister's condition worsened following a major stroke two weeks ago. By The Associated Press Shimon Peres - Getty - H 2016 Shimon Peres, a ...

The monument stands in the courtyard of the house where Shimon Peres was born in his hometown of Vishnyeva, Belarus. The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation unveiled a monument marking former ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Jeffrey Heller and Jeff Mason JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders shook hands during a brief chat and U.S.