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Tzipi Livni mourns Shimon Perez, who shaped modern Israel
One of the founding fathers of Israel, Shimon Peres, has died at the age of 93. A look at his legacy and the future of Israel.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenOne of the founding fathers of Israel, Shimon Peres, has died at the age of 93. Peres did more than any prime minister to shape modern Israel. He created Israel’s defense industry, but also built bridges to a region often hostile to the goals of the Jewish state. In an Op-Ed in the New York Times, Israel’s former foreign minister Tzipi Livni wrote that it would be difficult to imagine Israel’s past without Shimon Peres, and that it will be even harder to imagine its future now that he’s gone.
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5 storiesPeres protege Tzipi Livni mourns the man who shaped modern Israel
One of the founding fathers of Israel, Shimon Peres, has died at the age of 93. For more than sixty years, Peres helped build Israel into an international power. He was Prime Minister twice and served as president of the country from 2007 to 2014.
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