- Title: Hamas says Palestinians are 'happy' over Peres' death
- Date: 28th September 2016
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (SEPTEMBER 28, 2016) (REUTERS) HAMAS SPOKESMAN IN GAZA SAMI ABU ZUHRI AT OFFICE HAMAS FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HAMAS SPOKESMAN IN GAZA SAMI ABU ZUHRI, SAYING: "Shimon Peres was the last of the generation of co-founders of the Israeli occupation and therefore, his death represents the end of an era in the history of occupation and the beginning of a new era of weakness and retreat for the Zionist entity, we assure that the Palestinian people are happy at the departure of this criminal who had been involved in many crimes and in the bloodshed of the Palestinian people." HAMAS FLAG ABU ZUHRI OFFICE
- Embargoed: 13th October 2016 13:11
- Keywords: Peres Hamas Israel Palestinians
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00151HCI87
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- Story Text: Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday (September 28) that the death of former Israeli President Shimon Peres was an 'end of an era of the Israeli occupation' and that Palestinians were 'happy at the departure of this criminal'.
Former Israeli president and elder statesman Peres, died earlier on Wednesday (September 28) aged 93.
Peres, an indefatigable campaigner for Middle East peace who jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, was hospitalised following a stroke two weeks ago and died in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv.
"Shimon Peres was the last of the generation of co-founders of the Israeli occupation and therefore, his death represents the end of an era in the history of occupation and the beginning of a new era of weakness and retreat for the Zionist entity, we assure that the Palestinian people are happy at the departure of this criminal who had been involved in many crimes and in the bloodshed of the Palestinian people," said Sami Abu Zuhri from his office in Gaza.
An official announcement of Peres's death was made at the hospital by his son Chemi and son-in-law Rafi Walden, who said he died without suffering and that he had donated his corneas for transplant.
Peres was part of almost every major development in Israel since the country's founding in 1948. In a career spanning nearly 70 years, he served in a dozen cabinets and was twice a Labour prime minister.
He shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with the late former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for reaching an interim peace deal in 1993 which never turned into a lasting treaty.
Peres held the largely ceremonial post of president from 2007-2014 and used the pulpit to continue to advocate peace. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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