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JORDAN. PETRA. ISRAELI VICE PREMIER AND NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE, SHIMON PERES, LEFT, MEETS WITH THE DALAI LAMA DURING A CONFERENCE

JORDAN. PETRA. ISRAELI VICE PREMIER AND NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE, SHIMON PERES, LEFT, MEETS WITH THE DALAI LAMA DURING A CONFERENCE OF NOBEL LAUREATES IN PETRA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006. DEAD ON SEPTEMBER 28 TH, 2016 Photo by Serge Attal/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Present with the Pope in the Vatican Gardens on the evening of 7 June 2024, Rabbi Alberto Funaro and Abdellah Redouane, Secretary General of the Italian Islamic Cultural Centre and the ambassadors of the States of Israel and Palestine to the Holy See. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Present with the Pope in the Vatican Gardens on the evening of 7 June 2024, Rabbi Alberto Funaro and Abdellah Redouane, Secretary General of the Italian Islamic Cultural Centre and the ambassadors of the States of Israel and Palestine to the Holy See. Photo: (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Present with the Pope in the Vatican Gardens on the evening of 7 June 2024, Rabbi Alberto Funaro and Abdellah Redouane, Secretary General of the Italian Islamic Cultural Centre and the ambassadors of the States of Israel and Palestine to the Holy See. Photo: (EV) Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Commemorates 2014 Invocation For Peace In Holy Land - Vatican

Pope Francis leads a ‘Prayer for Peace’ in the Vatican Gardens on June 7, 2024 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the ‘Invocation for Peace’ in the same place with the then-leaders of Israel and Palestine. The event commemorated a historic gathering on 8 June 2014, when Pope Francis, the then-President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, the President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, made history by praying together and planted an olive tree for peace. Pope Francis renewed his appeals for a ceasefire to end the war in Gaza, and to release Israeli hostages. Photo: (EV) Vatican Pool /Galazka/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese vloggers invited to visit Israel's innovation center

STORY: Chinese vloggers invited to visit Israel's innovation center DATELINE: June 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the innovation center 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG XIAO, Chinese vlogger 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ROY KRIEZMAN, Consul of Israel Ministry of Tourism to China 4. various of the innovation center STORYLINE: In order to promote cultural and tourism exchanges with China, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism recently invited several Chinese vloggers to visit Israel. On Wednesday, the vloggers visited the Peres Peace and Innovation Center in Tel Aviv, wrapping up a week-long trip to the country. The innovation center, located on the Mediterranean coast, was founded in 1996 by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Israeli President Shimon Peres. It brings together Israel's leading "cool techs" in many fields and becomes a window to showcase Israeli culture and innovation to the world. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG XIAO, Chinese vlogger "In

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FM Aso meets with Israeli President Peres

JERUSALEM, Israel - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R) and Israeli President Shimon Peres pose for a photo prior to their meeting in Jerusalem on Aug. 13.

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Pope in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Israel - Pope Francis (C), flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Israeli President Shimon Peres, visits a memorial in Jerusalem on May 26, 2014, for Jews killed in the Holocaust.

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Japanese foreign minister in Israel

JERUSALEM, Israel - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Israeli President Shimon Peres hold talks in Jerusalem, Israel, on July 24, 2013.

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Haruki Murakami receives Jerusalem award at Int'l Book Fair

JERUSALEM, Israel - Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami (R) and Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) attend the 24th International Book Fair in Jerusalem on Feb. 15. Murakami received the Jerusalem award.

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Peres supports Japan's plan for Jericho industrial complex

JERUSALEM, Israel - Israeli President Shimon Peres speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Jerusalem on Dec. 25.

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4 parties launch Japan-led Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative

TOKYO, Japan - Farouk Kasrawi (L), special adviser to the Jordanian king, Saeb Erakat (2nd from L), head of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Negotiations Affairs Department, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R) and Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres join hands in Tokyo on March 14 ahead of their four-party talks. (Pool photo)

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Israel, Palestinians begin talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Arima (C), Japan's special envoy for the Middle East peace process, is flanked by Saeb Erekat (L), head of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Negotiations Affairs Department, and Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres (R) at a two-day confidence-building meeting between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials that began in Tokyo on March 14.

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Israel's Peres meets China's foreign minister

BEIJING, China - Shimon Peres (L), Israel's minister of regional cooperation and a former prime minister, prepares to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (R) in Beijing on Aug. 16. Peres arrived in Beijing earlier in the day with the aim of persuading the Chinese to become more involved in the Middle East peace process.

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Mori meets Peres in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) shakes hands with former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres at his official residence in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Peres was in Japan as a special envoy of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Peres asked Mori to tell Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat not to make a unilateral declaration of independence even if the negotiations for Middle East peace are not settled by the deadline of Sep. 13.

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Nicolas Sarkozy receives Shimon Peres for a state dinner at the Elysee Palace

Fashion designer Alber Elbaz arrives for a state dinner given in honor of Israeli president Shimon Peres at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France on March 10, 2008. Photo by Abd Rabbo-Orban-Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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4 parties launch Japan-led Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative

TOKYO, Japan - Farouk Kasrawi (L), special adviser to the Jordanian king, Saeb Erakat (2nd from L), head of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Negotiations Affairs Department, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R) and Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres join hands in Tokyo on March 14 ahead of their four-party talks. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Israel, Palestinians begin talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Arima (C), Japan's special envoy for the Middle East peace process, is flanked by Saeb Erekat (L), head of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Negotiations Affairs Department, and Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres (R) at a two-day confidence-building meeting between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials that began in Tokyo on March 14. (Kyodo)

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FM Aso meets with Israeli President Peres

JERUSALEM, Israel - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (R) and Israeli President Shimon Peres pose for a photo prior to their meeting in Jerusalem on Aug. 13. (Kyodo)

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Peres supports Japan's plan for Jericho industrial complex

JERUSALEM, Israel - Israeli President Shimon Peres speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Jerusalem on Dec. 25. (Kyodo)

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Haruki Murakami receives Jerusalem award at Int'l Book Fair

JERUSALEM, Israel - Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami (R) and Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) attend the 24th International Book Fair in Jerusalem on Feb. 15. Murakami received the Jerusalem award. (Kyodo)

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Israel's Peres meets China's foreign minister

BEIJING, China - Shimon Peres (L), Israel's minister of regional cooperation and a former prime minister, prepares to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (R) in Beijing on Aug. 16. Peres arrived in Beijing earlier in the day with the aim of persuading the Chinese to become more involved in the Middle East peace process.

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Mori meets Peres in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) shakes hands with former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres at his official residence in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Peres was in Japan as a special envoy of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Peres asked Mori to tell Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat not to make a unilateral declaration of independence even if the negotiations for Middle East peace are not settled by the deadline of Sep. 13.