70 world leaders attends former Israeli's leader, Shimon Peres's funeral (Photos)

Friday, 30 September 2016

70 world leaders attends former Israeli's leader, Shimon Peres's funeral (Photos)

The 70 world leaders and royals including Barack Obama, Tony Blair, Prince Charles (top left) and King Felipe of Spain at the ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The city's biggest security operation for at least two decades is underway with 8,000 police and soldiers lining the streets as the country's former prime minister (inset) is laid to rest. Mr Peres, who helped set up the post-war Israeli state, died on Wednesday aged 93, two weeks after a major stroke. The statesman was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1994 with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for signing the Oslo Accord in the hope a two-state solution would bring peace to the region. 

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is also at the funeral - his first visit to Israel since 2010 - and in a symbolic moment shook the hand of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and told him: 'It's been a long long time' (bottom right). Barack Obama started his speech (top right) by mentioning President Abbas and said his 'presence here is a gesture and a reminder of the unfinished business of peace.' Shimon's daughter Tsvia broke down (bottom left) as Mr Clinton described a meeting where Israeli and Arab children together sang John Lennon's 'Imagine', and said: 'He imagined all the things the rest of us could do. He started life as Israel's brightest student, became its best teacher and ended up its biggest dreamer' See below.










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