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To: Eleutheria5
RE: “Shimon Peres said Abbas’s comments showed his seriousness about reaching peace.”

Which is more dangerous to Israel?

The Jewish suicide lobby inside America's Democratic Party?

Or, Shimon Peres and the Jewish suicide lobby inside Israel?

2 posted on 02/17/2014 11:09:03 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Are they this blind, deaf and dumb?


4 posted on 02/17/2014 11:10:59 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: zeestephen

Don’t take Shimon Peres seriously. He is 90+ years old and a figurehead. He is there to provide an image of continuity because he goes back to Israel’s war of Independence and has an honorable military past. Pere is there to glad hand visiting foreign leaders

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http://biography.yourdictionary.com/shimon-peres
Under Ben-Gurion’s patronage Peres came to assume increasingly more responsible positions after Israel became an independent nation in 1948. In the war for independence (1948-1949) he was assigned to the newly-formed ministry of defense and remained there until 1959. During that decade Peres served as chief of the naval department in 1948, was sent to the United States in 1950 on an arms-procurement mission (as well as to complete his education), and in the years 1952-1959 filled the top administrative post of director-general of the ministry.

Peres is remembered for having played a key role in Israeli national security. First, he was instrumental in establishing the indigenous Israeli defense industries. Second, at a time when Israel found itself isolated diplomatically in the face of mounting Arab threats and militarization, Peres encouraged collaboration with France. His secret contacts in Paris resulted in a flow of sophisticated weapons and military technologies from France, enabling Israel to conduct the successful Sinai campaign in 1956.


21 posted on 02/19/2014 11:43:44 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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