- Title: Israelis in Jerusalem mourn Peres' death
- Date: 28th September 2016
- Summary: JERUSALEM (SEPTEMBER 28, 2016) (REUTERS) VEHICLES AT STREET PEOPLE READING NEWSPAPERS AT CAFE WOMAN READING NEWSPAPER WITH HEADLINE READING IN HEBREW: 'LAST PEACE' (SOUNDBITE) (English) RESIDENT OF JERUSALEM, SAGRWIM POMERANTZ, SAYING: "It's a huge passing of an era. He is the last of the people who were around when the state started. Over the years he didn't get credit frankly for all the good things he did. People forget about the fact that he founded Israel's aircraft industries and represented us incredibly well in the world, was a recipient of the Nobel Prize foremost in trying to find peace agreement with Palestinians. It will be very very difficult to replace what he has done for us and the kind of person he was." MAN READING NEWSPAPER (SOUNDBITE) (English) RESIDENT OF JERUSALEM, YOSSI YOHANA, SAYING: "So I as every citizen in this country I feel that he did a lot for this country." MAN READING NEWSPAPER (SOUNDBITE) (English) RESIDENT OF JERUSALEM, ANDI ARNOVITS, SAYING: "We've lost a consummate statesman, we've lost a leader with integrity. He knew exactly how to maneuver in the world, he was a diplomat, he was a peace maker, he was an innovator, he was incredibly courageous and forward thinking for someone who was his age and believed in innovation and taking risks and we've really lost an old fashioned diplomat." PEOPLE IN STREET
- Embargoed: 13th October 2016 05:59
- Keywords: Israel Peres former president death Jerusalem
- Location: JERUSALEM
- City: JERUSALEM
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA00151HAKP3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Israelis in Jerusalem mourned on Wednesday (September 28) over the passing of their leader Shimon Peres.
Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres died in Tel Aviv on Wednesday aged 93, family and his doctor said.
Peres was hospitalised following a stroke two weeks ago and had made some progress before a sudden deterioration in his condition on Tuesday (September 13).
In Jerusalem Israelis expressed their feelings after the news of his death.
"It's a huge passing of an era. He is the last of the people who were around when the state started. Over the years he didn't get credit frankly for all the good things he did. People forget about the fact that he founded Israel's aircraft industries and represented us incredibly well in the world, was a recipient of the Nobel Prize foremost in trying to find peace agreement with Palestinians. It will be very very difficult to replace what he has done for us and the kind of person he was," said Sagrwim Pomerantz.
"So I as every citizen in this country I feel that he did a lot for this country," said Yossi Ohana.
Another resident, Andi Arnovits, said: "We've lost a consummate statesman, we've lost a leader with integrity. He knew exactly how to maneuver in the world, he was a diplomat, he was a peace maker, he was an innovator, he was incredibly courageous and forward thinking for someone who was his age and believed in innovation and taking risks and we've really lost an old fashioned diplomat."
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.
Earlier in September, after a series of health scares including a mild heart attack, Peres received an artificial pacemaker. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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