Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres (/ʃiːˌmoʊn ˈpɛrɛs, -ɛz/; Hebrew: שמעון פרס [ʃiˌmon ˈpeʁes]; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of Israel from 2007 to 2014. He was a member of twelve cabinets and represented five political parties in a political career spanning 70 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and except for a three-month-long interregnum in early 2006, served as a member of the Knesset continuously until he was elected president in 2007. Serving in the Knesset for 48 years (with the first uninterrupted stretch lasting more than 46 years), Peres is the longest serving member in the Knesset's history. At the time of his retirement from politics in 2014, he was the world's oldest head of state and was considered the last link to Israel's founding generation. From a young age, he was renowned for his oratorical brilliance, and was chosen as a protégé by David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founding father. He began his political career in the late 1940s, holding several diplomatic and military positions during and directly after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. His first high-level government position was as deputy director general of defense in 1952 which he attained at the age of 28, and director general from 1953 until 1959. In 1956, he took part in the historic negotiations on the Protocol of Sèvres described by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden as the "highest form of statesmanship". In 1963, he held negotiations with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, which resulted in the sale of Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to Israel, the first sale of U.S. military equipment to Israel. Peres represented Mapai, Rafi, the Alignment, Labor and Kadima in the Knesset, and led Alignment and Labor. Peres first succeeded Yitzhak Rabin as acting prime minister briefly during 1977, before becoming prime minister from 1984 to 1986. As foreign minister under Prime Minister Rabin, Peres engineered the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty, and won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Rabin and Yasser Arafat for the Oslo Accords peace talks with the Palestinian leadership. In 1996, he founded the Peres Center for Peace, which has the aim of "promot[ing] lasting peace and advancement in the Middle East by fostering tolerance, economic and technological development, cooperation and well-being." After suffering a stroke, Peres died in 2016 near Tel Aviv. ... Source: Article "Shimon Peres" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Shimon Peres
  • Popularity: 0.987
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1923-08-02
  • Place of Birth: Wiszniewo, Poland [now Vishnyeva, Belarus]
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  • Also Known As: Szymon Perski
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Shimon Peres Movies

  • 2003
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    Persona Non Grata

    Persona Non Grata

    5.5 2003 HD

    2003 documentary film produced by Oliver Stone for the HBO series America Undercover about the conflict in occupied Palestine. He speaks with Ehud...

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  • 2009
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    Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams

    Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams

    1 2009 HD

    The film chronicles 2 years in the life of Amos Oz as he meets readers in Israel and around the world, working to promote the Two-State Solution to...

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  • 2018
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    Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres

    Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres

    6.2 2018 HD

    A look back on the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shimon Peres, who served as prime minister of Israel twice and negotiated the 1994 Israel-Jordan...

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  • 2015
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    Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus

    Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus

    7.2 2015 HD

    A debate rages over the credibility of the Bible. Most archaeologists today have concluded that there's no evidence that the Exodus of Israelite...

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  • 2018
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    King Bibi

    King Bibi

    7.1 2018 HD

    Twenty years before the spectacle of Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu already understood the political benefits of a toxic relationship with the...

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  • 2015
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    Rabin, the Last Day

    Rabin, the Last Day

    4.4 2015 HD

    Itzhak Rabin's murder ended all efforts of peace, and with him the whole left wing of Israel died. The movie shows the last of his days as prime...

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  • 2014
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    I Am. Shimon Peres

    I Am. Shimon Peres

    6.1 2014 HD

    This Documentary directed by Naftaly Gliksberg follows the former Prime Minister and President of Israel, focusing in his politics and private life.

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  • 2009
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    Iran: The Hundred Year War

    Iran: The Hundred Year War

    8 2009 HD

    What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?

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  • 2016
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    The University

    The University

    1 2016 HD

    On a NASA research base in Silicon Valley, there's an organization that's changing the world ... Singularity University (SU). Created by renowned...

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  • 2012
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    Life Is Strange

    Life Is Strange

    10 2012 HD

    This is an independent documentary film that tells the stories of Jewish people who were displaced by the Second World War, but concentrates on the...

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  • 2005
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    Leila Khaled Hijacker

    Leila Khaled Hijacker

    6 2005 HD

    Leila Khaled was the first woman to hijack a plane. In 1969, she showed her grenades to the terrified passengers by order of the Che Guevara commando...

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  • 2009
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    Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh

    Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh

    7.3 2009 HD

    The story of Hannah Senesh, a Hungarian poet who was captured by the Nazis, while trying to rescue Jews in WWII.

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  • 2008
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    Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony

    Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony

    7.9 2008 HD

    The 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest. It began at 8:00 p.m. China...

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  • 2001
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    In Search of Peace

    In Search of Peace

    6.5 2001 HD

    In Search of Peace: 1948-1967 chronicles Israel's first two decades, offering new insights on the origins of the Middle East conflict. Combining a...

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  • 2023
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    Unveiling Arafat

    Unveiling Arafat

    9 2023 HD

    A portrait of Palestinian political leader Yasser Arafat (1929-2004).

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1998
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    Sabine Christiansen

    Sabine Christiansen

    1 1998 HD

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