On 9 February 2012, Steinsaltz was honored by Israeli President Shimon Peres with Israel's first President's Prize for his scholarship in Talmud.

In January 2010, King Abdullah of Jordan, after a meeting with the Israeli president Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum in Davos, declared that his country does not want to rule the West Bank and that " the two-state solution " to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was the only viable option.

After the 1984 elections had proved inconclusive with neither the Alignment nor Likud able to form a government, a national unity government was formed with a rotating prime ministership – Shimon Peres took the first two years, and was replaced by Shamir midway through the Knesset term.

In 1996, when the first such election took place, the outcome was a surprise win for Benjamin Netanyahu after election polls predicted that Peres was the winner.

The seminal paper first expounding the idea was published by C. H. Bennett, G. Brassard, C. Crépeau, R. Jozsa, A. Peres and W. K. Wootters in 1993.

Following Golda Meir's resignation in April 1974, Rabin was elected party leader, after he defeated Shimon Peres.

In 1992 Rabin was elected as chairman of the Labour Party, winning against Shimon Peres.

For his role in the creation of the Oslo Accords, Rabin was awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres.

After an emergency cabinet meeting, Israel's foreign minister, Shimon Peres, was appointed as acting Israeli prime minister.

In 1128, after her power had been crushed in another unsuccessful conflict with León, she was deposed by her own rebellious subjects and exiled in company with Peres.

Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and, except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, served continuously until 2007, when he became President.

Peres was nominated in early 2007 by Kadima to run in that year's presidential election, and was elected by the Knesset to the presidency on 13 June 2007 and sworn into office on 15 July 2007 for a seven-year term.

Shimon Peres was born Szymon Perski on 2 August 1923 in Wiszniew, Poland ( now Vishnyeva, Belarus ), to Yitzhak ( 1896 – 1962 ) and Sara ( b. 1905 née Meltzer ) Perski.

In an interview, Peres said: " As a child, I grew up in my grandfather's home … I was educated by him … my grandfather taught me Talmud.

" At the age of four, Peres was taken by his father to Radun ' to receive a blessing from Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan ( The Chofetz Chaim ).

Peres was one of the founders of Kibbutz Alumot.

Sonya Peres was unable to attend Shimon's inauguration ceremony due to ill health.

Peres was first elected to the Knesset in the 1959 elections, as a member of the Mapai party.

In 1969, Peres was appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption and in 1970 became Minister of Transportation and Communications.

From 1990, Peres led the opposition in the Knesset, until, in early 1992, he was defeated in the first primary elections of the new Israeli Labor Party ( which had been formed by the consolidation of the Alignment into a single unitary party ) by Yitzhak Rabin, whom he had replaced fifteen years earlier.

Peres was much criticized on the left for clinging to his position as Foreign Minister in a government that was not seen as advancing the peace process, despite his own dovish stance.

He took 63 votes ( over 57 for Peres ), two more than the required majority of 61, and was sworn in on 1 August.

* 1923 – Shimon Peres, Israeli politician, 9th President of Israel

President Wahid has pursued better relations with Israel, and in August 2000 he met with former Israeli Prime Minister Peres.

In January 2007, in his last months as vice premier, current President Shimon Peres paid a high-profile visit to the capital city of Doha.

* August 2 – Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel, President of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

In 2000 Peres ran for a seven-year term as Israel's President, a ceremonial head of state position, which usually authorizes the selection of Prime Minister.

On 13 June 2007, Peres was elected President of the State of Israel by the Knesset.

" In the same speech, Peres compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his call to " wipe Israel off the map " to the genocidal threats to European Jewry made by Adolf Hitler in the years prior to the Holocaust.

* President Peres ' address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, 24 September 2008

They met with Israeli leaders including the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman.

In addition to King Hussein, Turkish President Süleyman Demirel, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, US President Bill Clinton, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin were present at the summit.

Israeli President Shimon Peres visited Jasenovac on 25 July 2010 dubbing it a " demonstration of sheer sadism ".

Daniel Shapiro, U. S. diplomat, presents his credentials to Israeli President Shimon Peres, August 3, 2011.

In early 2010, President Shimon Peres took an active and personal role in efforts to promote local business initiatives.

Pope Benedict XVI visited Yad Vashem on 11 May 2009, with the participation of President Shimon Peres and Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt .- Gen. Benny Gantz all condemned the incident.

After serving as Deputy Prime Minister in Netanyahu's government, Katsav vied for the position of President, running as the opposition candidate against Shimon Peres.

Israel's President Shimon Peres addresses a Governing Board meeting of the WJC in Jerusalem, August 2010The last meeting of the Plenary Assembly, attended by over 400 delegates from 62 countries, was held in Jerusalem in January 2009.

Israel's President Shimon Peres addressing the delegates of the 13th WJC Plenary Assembly in Jerusalem in January 2009

On accepting the honour he spoke in favour of Israel's existence, security, and freedoms while strongly attacking Hamas, as well as Israel's policies in Gaza, and the expansion of settlements, notable as the audience included political leaders such as Israeli President Shimon Peres and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat.