Peres

President Peres presents the Presidential Award of Distinction to former U.S. President Bill Clinton, June 19, 2013 (Moshe Milner/GPO)
Arms dealers, major capitalists fund Peres’ 90th birthday bash
Israeli President Shimon Peres’ 90th birthday was the central show aired on all three Israeli TV channels Tuesday night. A look into who paid for the extravagant bash? It was an 11-million shekel production dubbed by many as a “North Korea-style event” for the man who brought ‘The Bomb’ to Israel, tried to offer it…
By Haggai Matar June 19, 2013
Protest against the "Boycott Law" Tel Aviv Photo by Oren Ziv/activistills.org
Three Arab Israelis arrested after calling for boycott of Peres lecture
Three Palestinian citizens of Israel who study at the Jerusalem College of Engineering (JCE) were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly threatening other students planning to attend a lecture by Israeli President Shimon Peres. While they themselves openly boycotted the lecture, their arrests were made as a result of a complaint filed against them for making…
By Mairav Zonszein January 20, 2012
Shakira, Silverman unusual headliners at Peres conference
What an odd choice of guests for this year’s Israeli Presidential Conference, which began on Tuesday at the Jerusalem Convention Center: Colombian-Lebanese singer Shakira and Jewish-American stand-up comedian Sarah Silverman. Let’s begin with the latter. Yes, she’s funny. Yes, she’s famous. Yes, she’s “it” right now. Yes, she’s Jewish. Yes, she has a sister who…
By Roee Ruttenberg June 21, 2011
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