Last updated on:
9/22/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Shimon Peres Biography
- Title:
- Ninth President of Israel
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“For Israel to remain a Jewish state, both morally and demographically, it needs a Palestinian state. Today, 4.7 million Jews and 4 million Arabs live between the Mediterranean and the River Jordan. Without two separate states, a binational state will come into being, to the great frustration of the two peoples.”
“Why Israel needs a Palestinian state,” Le Monde Diplomatique, 1998
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Sworn in to serve as the Ninth President of Israel, June 13, 2007
- After leaving the Labor party to join Kadima, served as Vice Premier, Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galillee from May 2006-June 2007
- Vice Premier, Jan.-Nov. 2005
- Deputy Prime Minister, 2001-2002
- Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2001-2002
- Minister of Regional Cooperation, 1999-2001
- Founder of The Peres Center for Peace, 1996
- Chairman of Labor Party, 1996-1997
- Prime Minister, 1995-1996
- Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1992-1995
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, 1988-1990
- Foreign Minister, 1986-1988
- Prime Minister, 1984-1986
- Chairman of the Labour Party, 1977-1992
- Acting Prime Minister, 1977
- Education:
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- None found
- Other:
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- Honorary President of the Socialist International, 1999
- Founder: The Peres Center for Peace, 1996
- Nobel Peace Prize, 1994
- Peace Research Institute
- Minister of Defense, 1974-1977
- Minister of Transport and Communications, 1970-1974
- Minister of Immigrant Absorption, 1969
- Instrumental in forming a union between Rafi and Mapai [former Israeli political parties], giving birth to the Israeli Labour Party, 1967
- Elected to Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, 1959
- Director General of the Ministry of Defense, 1953-1959
- Head of Israel’s navy, 1948
- Immigrated to Israel, 1934
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