Shimon Peres

Israeli President, Shimon Peres, slammed Judge Richard Goldstone, who headed the Gaza war investigation team, and described him as "a small person who is out to hurt Israel". Israeli...

Shimon Peres, Israel's president, has said there has been "progress" in efforts to free Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Hamas three years ago. The disclosure by Peres,...

The Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, has congratulated his Israeli counterpart, Shimon Peres, on the 62nd anniversary of the declaration of the state of Israel in Palestine. On Tuesday morning,...

Veteran Israeli politician Shimon Peres has spoken of the importance of resuming direct negotiations with the Palestinians. However, said Israel's President, the negotiations should go "underground" and take place...

The President of Israel has claimed that a move by the Palestinian Authority to seek UN recognition of an independent Palestinian state will "continue, not bring an end to,...

A European rights association filed a case for the arrest of Israeli President, Shimon Peres, upon his arrival in Switzerland on Monday (28.03.2011) on the grounds that he is...

Israel's Nobel Prize-winning President, Shimon Peres, has issued a warning about the consequences of the current events in Egypt and their implications for stability in the Middle East. Peres...

Israeli President, Shimon Peres, has linked the lifting of the siege on Gaza, with both the release of Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, captured by Hamas in 2006 and 'the...

Hundreds of Palestinians gathered on Thursday morning in the Port of Gaza to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Israeli naval attack against the Freedom Flotilla led by the...

The President of Israel has warned that a response can be expected from Arabs and Muslims following arson attacks on mosques by extremist Jewish settlers. Shimon Peres was speaking...

The deputy head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948-Occupied Territories (Israel) has said that Israel's current targeting of the Palestinians in the Negev is "part of the displacement...

According to the Maariv newspaper website, representatives of the Shas Party delivered a message from Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (the party's spiritual leader) to Israeli President, Shimon Peres, warning him...

Hamas has called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stop all forms of negotiations with the occupation authorities following Shimon Peres's de facto acknowledgement that Israel was behind the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his Facebook page on Tuesday to insist that he refuses to advance the peace process with the Palestinians. Netanyahu was seeking to counter...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has criticised his successor, Benjamin Netanyahu, for not negotiating with Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday. Speaking at a business convention,...

A leading member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has accused Canada of violating International law. Senior negotiator Saeb Erekat said that a meeting held by Foreign Minister John Baird...

Israel's President Shimon Peres has said that Canada could play a significant role in the peace process, especially with regards to the Palestinian refugee issue. Mr Peres made his...

The Israeli newspaper, Maariv, reported in today's issue that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have to cancel his visit to London to attend the funeral of former British Prime...

The Israeli president, Shimon Peres, asked the EU on Wednesday to act against Hamas and not to consider settlements in the occupied West Bank an obstacle to peace with...

Israel's President Shimon Peres has said that the peace agreements between his country and Egypt and Jordan "stand the test of time" as he described Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...

"Do we want to live in a permanent Intifada?" asked US Secretary of State John Kerry during the World Economic Forum in Jordan. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and...

Israel's president has expressed serious concerns about the "disastrous returns" of the clear Israeli support for the military coup in Egypt, Israeli radio has reported. Shimon Peres also expressed...

Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Wednesday that he is "hopeful" that peace talks with the Palestinians will lead to a two-state solution and bring prosperity to the Middle...

Israeli President Shimon Peres defended on Monday his country's ambiguous policy regarding its nuclear weapons, saying that they are central to deterrence, as well as keeping peace in the...

Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Thursday that he has never known any Palestinian ready and willing to concede his rights as his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas. Speaking at...

Israel's President Shimon Peres has publicly expressed his frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to his recent disagreements with the US, particularly Secretary of State John Kerry, over...

Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed a conference held in Abu-Dhabi about two weeks ago that was attended by 29 Arab and Islamic foreign ministers, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported...

The annual report of Israel's National Council for the Child, which was presented to President Shimon Peres on Sunday, reveals that one in every three children in Israel suffers...

Israeli President Shimon Peres has praised what he describes as "the war" being waged by the Egyptian authorities against the Islamic resistance movement Hamas. Peres also celebrated, in statements...

Israel's Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon denounced on Wednesday the "price tag" attacks committed by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, describing them as terrorist acts. Israel's Yedioth...

Reports on Hebrew radio claim that Kenya has requested military and security assistance from the Israeli government to deal with a "radical Islamic youth militia". Kenyan Prime Minister Raila...

The US pledged on Tuesday to help Israel combat the Goldstone report documents alleged war crimes committed during the attack on Gaza last winter. This offer to "fight the...