Shimon Peres

Israel President Shimon Peres predicts the people of Venezuela and Iran will make their leaders disappear before too long. Speaking at a forum in Argentina Tuesday, Peres said both Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have gone crazy over oil, which he says is not bad to sell but "really dangerous if you swallow it." He said both leaders are headed for a fall. "They won't hold, not because any of us is going to kill them; their own people are getting tired of them," Peres said. "So if you want good relations with them, consider that they are passing passengers. It's a short-term relationship. ... Read Full Story

RAMAT NEGEV, Israel, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres Monday urged his government to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by creating separate states. Peres said at a ceremony marking the 36th anniversary of Ben-Gurion's death. Peace between Israel and the Palestinians was just a Peres said, urging Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government to end the conflict during its time in office. Peres and Netanyahu, who also attended the service, both addressed the recent refusal of some Israeli soldiers to evacuate Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Haaretz reported. Netanyahu said. Copyright 2009 by United Press International All Rights Reserved. Read Full Story

Hezbollah is turning Lebanon into a powderkeg, Israeli President Shimon Peres charged on Tuesday a day after a blast in southern Lebanon. "Hezbollah has turned Lebanon into a powderkeg," Peres said. "It's not Israel that is endangering Lebanon, but rather Hezbollah, just as Hamas is endangering the Palestinians." "There is no reason for Israel not to make peace with Lebanon," he said, adding that Israel's northern neighbour "could be, with the help of this peace, the Switzerland of the Middle East. But it's clear to everyone who is preventing this." Peres's comments to journalists during a visit to northern Lebanon came a day after ... Read Full Story

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Sunday was given a clean bill of health and left a hospital where he had spent the night under observation after fainting at a Tel Aviv conference. The 86-year-old Nobel laureate did not address reporters as he left the Tel Hashomer hospital in Jerusalem in a convoy. Tests performed on Israel's elder statesman showed no cause for alarm and the president was expected to meet George Mitchell as planned at the start of the US Middle East envoy's latest tour of the region, officials said. "All tests came back normal," said a statement from his office. Hospital director Zeev ... Read Full Story

Israeli President Shimon Peres was rushed to a hospital for tests late on Saturday after fainting for a few moments during a conference in Tel Aviv, medics said. The 86-year-old Nobel laureate and Israel's elder statesman was treated by medics on the spot and then taken to the Tel Hashomer hospital for tests following his collapse at the Yitzhak Rabin Centre, they said. Peres was due to spend the night at the hospital, where he has been placed under observation in the cardiology department. His personal physician, Rafi Valdan, told the Ynet news website that the octogenarian, who had to be convinced to go ... Read Full Story