On Saturday night (15 June), central Istanbul descended into apocalyptic scenes of unfettered violence. The police targeted tear gas, water cannons and plastic bullets at protestors, and stormed a hotel near the park, which had set up a makeshift clinic to treat children and adults caught up in the events. Continue reading
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Shimon Peres – a life in pictures
From Thatcher to Ronaldo – Israel’s president has met them all: Watch photos and video greetings from world leaders on Peres’ 90th birthday
Peres and wife Sonia (Photo: Nati Harnik, GPO)
Being interviewed by Barbara Walters in 1990 (Photo: Michael Kramer)
With Yasser Arafat, Boris Yeltsin, Bill Clinton and Jordan’s King Hussein (Photo: Efi Sharir)
Peres and Rabin, 1990 (Photo: Natan Alpert, GPO)
With Anwar Sadat and Golda Meir during the Egyptian president’s visit in Israel (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
With Queen of Pop Madonna (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
With Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
From Right to Left: Peres, Rabin, Hosni Mubarak, King Hussein and Arafat (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
Peace treaty. With King Hussein (Photo: Sa’ar Yaakov, GPO)
With Margaret Thatcher in 1986 (Photo: Sa’ar Yaakov, GPO)
With Hillary Clinton (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)
With Sharon Stone on Mikahil Gorbachev’s birthday in London (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)
With wife Sonia and Indian conductor Zubin Mehta (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
Minutes before Rabin murder. At Kings of Israel Square with Rabin and singer Miri Alon (Photo: Michael Kramer)
With wife Sonia (Photo: Herman Hananya, GPO)
With Barbara and George H.W. Bush (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
With Ehud Olmert during George W. Bush visit in Israel (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
With Sonia, after trip to Romania, 1985 (Photo: Herman Hananya, GPO)
At Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
Lunch with Silvio Berlusconi and Israeli singer Rita (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)
With Ronaldo (Photo: AFP)
With Prince Charles (Photo: AFP)
2008. Knighted by Queen of England (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO)
With Yitzhak Shamir (Photo: Nati Harnik, GPO)
Olmert presents Peres with letter of resignation after corruption scandal (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni sign Peres’ guestbook (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO)
Warm embrace. With Sarkozy (Photo: AFP)
With Jordan’s King Abdullah in Petra (Photo: Moshe Milner. GPO)
With Rabin in 1977, after Likud wins elections (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
Ahead of 1984 elections. With Yitzhak Navon and Rabin (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
With former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
With Eli Wiesel, King Abdullah, Mahmoud Abbas and Olmert in Petra (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
With the Dalai Lama (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
Touring Jerusalem with Mayor Teddy Kollek, 1985 (Photo: GPO)
With Mordechai “Motta” Gur and Ezer Weizman (Photo: GPO)
Down time with his grandchildren (Photo: Elad Gershgoren)
With Nelson Mandela (Photo: Reuters)
With Ariel Sharon (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
90th birthday (Photo: Reuters)
Kicking off birthday celebration with Clinton (Photo: Amir Levy)
Peres, at 90, still going strong
As Shimon Peres turns 90, the indefatigable Israeli president is doing what he has always done: looking ahead, preparing for the next challenge and believing that he will see Middle East peace in his lifetime. Continue reading
Clinton: Israel must make peace in order to survive
While strongly advocating a two-state solution for Israel and its Palestinian neighbors, former US president Bill Clinton stressed on Monday night that “preparing for the worst” in an uncertain Middle Eastern climate is a sensible attitude for the Jewish State. Continue reading
‘What occupation?’ Bennett asks, rejecting Palestinian state
The idea of a Palestinian state has run its course and Israel must seek another solution to the conflict with the Palestinians, Economics Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) said Monday, joining a growing number of coalition members who have recently expressed firm opposition to the two-state solution. Continue reading
With Rowhani at the helm, all options may no longer be on the table
For a lesson in what Hasan Rowhani’s reformist-backed presidency could mean for Iran, a promise Sunday by the ultra-powerful Revolutionary Guard to cooperate with him is a good guide. Continue reading
Journalists Tour Temple Mount
A group of leading journalists, most of them with religious backgrounds, toured the Temple Mount Thursday, and were accompanied by Temple Movement activists. Continue reading
The Return of Crusader Theology
Last month, the World Council of Churches (WCC) convened in Lebanon and issued the following statement: Continue reading
Despite secrecy, interest builds around mysterious First Temple find outside Bethlehem
A mysterious First Temple-era archaeological find under a Palestinian orchard near Bethlehem is increasingly gaining attention — despite attempts to keep it quiet. Continue reading
Days before vote, huge majority of Iranians favor Sharia law
Iranians favor implementing Sharia law in Iran by a huge majority — 83 percent to just 15 opposed — according to a new survey of Iranians published Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Continue reading