Israel’s Elder Statesman, Shimon Peres, Dies at 93

Reuters
September 28, 2016 9:04 AM

Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize and an influential figure in Israeli politics for 70 years, died in a hospital on Wednesday aged 93, two weeks after suffering a massive stroke.

MSNBC: Bibi Visit Not Unprecedented, Clinton WH Hosted Israeli PM During Election Against Bibi

Washington Free Beacon Staff
February 24, 2015 7:22 AM

Council of Europe Says it Will Not Ban Male Ritual Circumcision

Defends banning female circumcision as gender-based violence

Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 10, 2013 9:35 AM

The Council of Europe said on Thursday it would not ban male circumcision in a response to a letter sent to the council by Israeli President Shimon Peres.

Israeli President Makes Appeal to EU Over Circumcision Resolution

Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 8, 2013 10:12 AM

Israeli President Shimon Peres sent a letter to the secretary general of the Council of Europe asking him to change the council’s resolution against circumcision, Israel Hayom reports.

Vanishing Red Lines

Obama silent on reports of chemical weapons use in Syria

Adam Kredo
March 20, 2013 11:52 AM

President Barack Obama did not address reports that chemical weapons had been deployed in Syria during a joint press conference Wednesday afternoon with Israeli President Shimon Peres, who expressed greater concern about the matter.

Peres’s Pledge

Israeli president tells AIPAC Iranian nuclear program

Adam Kredo
March 4, 2012 10:40 AM

Israeli President Shimon Peres declared Sunday morning that, one way or another, Iran “will be stopped” from obtaining nuclear arms.