Shimon Peres Quotes
What we are doing today is more than singing an agreement. It is a revolution.
The Oslo Accords that Perez was signing when he made this quotation were the first written agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. He and Yasser Arafat were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this accomplishment which was a revolution. However, it petered out as the Palestinians resorted to more terrorism and the Israeli voters turned to the right and by Perez’s death in 2016, there had not been any progress toward peace or a two state solution.
Statement at the signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993
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This was King’s first appearance on the nation’s most prestigious news show.
Shimon Peres was an Israeli politician who served both as ninth President of Israel, (2007–2014) and Prime Minister of Israel, as well as Interim Prime Minister. He was a member of twelve cabinets in a political career spanning nearly 70 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and, except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, was in office continuously until 2007, when he became President, being in that role for another seven years. At the time of his retirement in 2014, he was the world's oldest head of state. He was considered the last link to Israel's founding generation.
