Ever since the state of Israel was created in 1948, Shimon Peres, who has died aged 93, was at or near the centre of action. This is a comprehensive strategy designed to deal with this problem we're facing in Iraq but also designed to deal with other problems that we face in the region. All of this will go through the regular budgeting process. Bob Woodward and John Burns with more on their special insights from here in Washington and Baghdad. I think this was the most brilliant achievement of his presidency. The shah wasn't a long time ago. The Shia apparently not very happy as well, if you listen to Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, that interview coming up here on "Late Edition." But the Syrians are connected with Hezbollah. And in 2013 he delivered a video interview beamed from Jerusalem to a security summit in Abu Dhabi for 29 foreign ministers of Arab and Muslim countries. You are my hero in these conflicted times. And they're saying this interferes in their own sovereignty. Prokupecz was threatened with charges of trespassing if he and his news crew did not leave the offices of the Uvalde school district where the altercation took place.[3]. For their part, the Israeli left accused Peres of acting as a figleaf for an obdurate Likud administration. JOHN BURNS, NEW YORK TIMES: Frankly, I don't think it is. He's now honorary chairman of the James Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. In 2007 Katsav resigned in disgrace amid charges of sexual improprieties, and Peres was elected president in his stead. And I think we could be out sooner. It was bridgeable. And by the way, Wolf, you showed just before we came on that clip of what's going on in Lebanon. Look, Iraq is where -- it's an oil-rich nation. I cannot judge all the documents, and I cannot judge whatever came into this report. BLITZER: That's in the recommendations. BLITZER: John, how would the Iraqis react to that kind of ultimatum? I think that's a good idea. I think the president has to look at this very, very hard before he goes off on another choice. Augusto Pinochet, dead at 91. He covered the news on the FBI and New York Police Department as a law enforcement producer. They don't look for victory. The other side, there is Hamas. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Welcome back to "Late Edition." (NEWSBREAK) BLITZER: Let's go live to Baghdad where our senior international correspondent, Nic Robertson, has been watching the Iraqi reaction to the Iraq Study Group report and an unexpected visit by the secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld. Now he's going to be secretary of defense. Here's the question: Are you aligned with Iran right now? 1984-1986 - First prime minister of the new National Unity Government. Shimon is now known as one of the sharp journalists who report the news without any mixed topics or allegations. From Washington to Baghdad, the buzz this week over the Iraq Study Group, its downbeat assessment of the war, and fresh questions of how President Bush will respond. Of course, the Sunni leadership -- the Sunni religious leadership, and the Shia leadership also, they don't agree with that, and they don't like to see any violence. And, as Lee said, it's understandable, I think, that the Kurds, who would like their own independent state, might have some problem with some of the things we suggest in there, which is to support the president's vision, this current administration's vision, of an Iraq that can sustain itself, defend itself and govern itself, and that the Shia in the south might want their own state. Peres helped plan the Sinai campaign of 1956. BLITZER: Here are a couple of the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. BLITZER: So you don't want to answer that? She became a source of strength to him in private and an enigmatically deferential figure in public. And I'm not surprised that the president would like that sort of a deal. Shimon Peres. And one of them is it's a pro-the reconciliation, national reconciliation. Further details may exist on the, "Shimon Prokupecz Crime and Justice Reporter", "Divided, They Stand, Russian youths try to fit in", "CNN reporter threatened with trespassing after grilling Uvalde police chief", "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Shimon Prokupecz, CNN crime and justice correspondent", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shimon_Prokupecz&oldid=1132493988, This page was last edited on 9 January 2023, at 03:53. This is the only recommendation he's going to get that's bipartisan, that can bring us together as a country, that can unify our efforts as a country. And I cannot see how the world can tolerate an Iranian bomb and, as a consequence, a Middle Eastern nuclear situation. He took over as prime minister on a wave of sympathy. I thought I'd earned it and that it had been promised. The report doesn't support that, and I think that's a flaw in the report. For our North American viewers, coming up at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, "This Week at War," with John Roberts. And he's right, you can't pull out instantly, or perhaps you can't set a timetable. Our intelligence community is doing better. Prime Minister, thanks very much for coming in. Peress retaliatory invasion of Lebanon in April 1996 also misfired, when more than 100 refugees perished in one Israeli bombing. Military spokesmen here weren't aware of it before he was coming, couldn't tell us about it when he was here. I also believe we're going to succeed. Wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us for "Late Edition." It was her choice. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". They're standing by for their view of what's happening in Iraq and over at the White House. Shimons maternal grandfather, Zvi Meltzer, who later died in the Holocaust, inspired his love for literature. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: All right. (CROSSTALK) BLITZER: Is it too little, too late, these recommendations of the Iraq Study Group? From here, it looks much more like a proposal, like many others in the report, that was designed to bind up wounds in Washington, D.C. than to bind up wounds here in Iraq. Then he slashed Israels inflation rate from 450% to 16% by forcing the Histadrut labour confederation and big business into a national compact. Peres was an intriguingly contradictory figure: a romantic in a cynical age, an Israeli icon with a Polish accent and francophone sensibility, who carried about him the taint (deserved or otherwise) of political chicanery. So you have the Kurdish leader, the Shiite leader both rejecting your recommendations or at least key aspects of your recommendations. You are a star! Their breakaway Rafi party proved unsuccessful, winning only 10 seats, and in 1968 Rafi rejoined Labour, as did Peres, who became its deputy general secretary. Who is Shawnee Smith? And so, clearly, staying the course is wrong. But that's been known. Mr Peres died in a hospital near Tel Aviv early on Wednesday, with his family at his . BLITZER: All right. In your book, "State of Denial," you write this: "Some of the senior civilians Rumsfeld appointed were astonished and alarmed at how hard he was now squeezing the Pentagon controls. It does not look like a realistic objective. He called it unworkable. There has to be some strategic realignment. Is this a wise U.S. strategy? BLITZER: But do you believe, Your Eminence, that Israel has a right to exist? https://www.instagram.com/p/BVDjdzUhLjD/?hl=en&taken-by=shimonpro. A year after his death, the last of the founding generation of Israel's leaders describes a life "entwined with the birth and . PERES: Well, we have time maybe to take a shorter time. But according to various online sources, Shimon is of mixed ethnicity and completed his high school education from his hometown high school. And he also doesn't want Sunni Arabs from Saudi Arabia, from Egypt, from Jordan, getting involved in what he sees as the future of a Shiite-led country in Iraq. Welcome to "Late Edition." The Syrians are hosting the headquarters of Hamas. WOODWARD: Sure, obviously. After honing his skills in legal work, he later put some effort towards journalism and reporting, and joined the NBC flagship stations virtual channel WNBC as its producer. Joining us now, the two co-chairmen. And we will not go beyond the Iraqi issues. HARMAN: No. The Net Worth and Personal Life of Indian-British actress Meneka Das, Carlotta Walls LaNier: Youngest Member of Little Rock Nines net worth and personal life. Shimon Prokupecz is an American journalist and TV personality. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TOM RICKS, WASHINGTON POST PENTAGON REPORTER: I think we'll be in Iraq, probably, for 10 to 15 years, with American troops much reduced in their numbers. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. GORDON SMITH (R-OR): I, for one, am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets, in the same way, being blown up by the same bombs, day after day. Peres, Amirs other intended target, was just metres away. For more news and updates about your favorite stars, please stay connected with us atFeatured Biography. He fashioned alliances with France in the 1950s, and planted the seeds for Israels embryonic electronics and aircraft industries. BLITZER: All right, gentlemen, stand by, because we have a lot more to talk about. There's a lot of -- if you call it ethnic cleansing or whatever -- a lot of Sunnis are leaving, a million refugees so far. And I am disappointed by the pace of success. Justin Baragona. That's another reason why we have to get the Iraq problem behind us. And that's one of the main purposes of our suggestion, not that there be a conference but that there be meetings of all of the countries neighboring Iraq, meetings sponsored by the United States and the government of Iraq, and meetings, by the way, that Prime Minister Maliki has supported. There's no way to value that. President Peres was a strong advocate of innovation, both in Israel and the world. As late as November 2015, his health now failing, he insisted that Israel faced eternal war if there was no Palestinian state. The American people don't want this to be treated as just a political matter. For two years, Peres worked furiously to keep the imperfect peace on track. September 22, 2014 - Releases a comedic YouTube video, So Now What? The video depicts the former president trying out a variety of new jobs including pizza deliveryman, gas station attendant, supermarket cashier and airport security guard. Listen to what he said. Now, he knows Israel for apartheid -- can a Jewish person be for apartheid? As he said, he's not going to be a bump on a log, that he's going to come in and he's going to look at this situation. A longtime foe of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Peres now persuaded Rabin to consider talks with the PLO leader Yasser Arafat. He was the best friend Israel had. The problem is, is it more than a wishful thinking? We need to understand the enemy better. And something dramatic is going to have to be done. Likuds ill-fated Lebanese war of 1982 allowed Peres to tap into national unease. Just ahead, we'll continue our conversation with James Baker and Lee Hamilton. And, of course, it will not take place unless the whole Iraqi people vote on it and accept it. If the U.S. stays for another year, let's say, and another 1,000 American troops are killed, 5,000 injured, $100 billion spent, is it going to really make a difference when all is said and done? (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: President Bush sticking to his guns on the war, as the Iraq Study Group turns up the heat. Shimon Peres, the vice prime minister of Israel. I don't think we should head in that direction. He negotiated directly with Arafat, turned the Gaza and Jericho First proposals agreed at the White House into reality, drafted the 1994 Paris Protocol of Israeli-Palestinian economic relations, promoted regional summits and in 1995 sealed Oslo II (an agreement to restore Palestinian rule to six major West Bank towns). These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. HAMILTON: And our recommendations move in that direction. (END VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: And coming up, we'll get a very, very different perspective. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. He certainly brought a touch of aesthetic philosophical discrimination to the world of politics. When Israeli authorities denied the centre tax-exempt status because it trained doctors from Gaza, the centre suspended its application and continued with its programme, which by 2015 had helped 250 personnel. Shimon sports a slim and toned figure, featuring a height of 5 ft 8. I also understand that we're hunting down Al Qaida on a regular basis and we're bringing them to justice. Most unusually for an Israeli president, Peres became his nations top diplomat. Peres felt that a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation could break the stalemate in the territories, and bring peace to Israel, and in 1987 negotiated with the king in London. We have good relationships with many countries. U.S. officials say Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of the largest Shiite political party in Iraq, has enormous influence in the shape of a future Iraq. His profile is abundant with pictures from his daily work routine as well as from his everyday private life, including working out and catching up with his friends and family. BLITZER: You can want it all you want, obviously, but if they don't want it, it's going to be hard to impose a solution. Thank you very much for that report. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: Your Eminence, thanks very much for coming in. SHAYS: That part's accurate. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): I cannot say that this is a civil war. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Peress lieutenants, led by Yossi Beilin and Uri Savir, opened a secret track with PLO negotiators outside Oslo. After all, it's been now, what, 3 1/2 years since the United States embarked on trying to build an army here. We simply cannot pick up and leave. This time Peres was the liberal brake to Sharons determinedly rightwing engine. I think the timeline we need is to say, "If you don't do these things in reconciliation, we're going to leave." I wouldn't recommend that Israel will monopolize it and make it an Iranian-Israeli conflict. This article about a United States journalist born in the 1970s is a stub. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): I am currently thinking about the Iraqi issues. "This Week at War," with John Roberts, right after "Late Edition." In other words, we stay as long as the Iraqis do their part. But this depends on the opinion of the military and security experts and the political experts in this, to decide what is the right step for that and what is the timetable for that. It doesn't say Iraq. I'm Wolf Blitzer in Washington. BLITZER: Because, as you know, Congressman Hamilton, a lot of your Democratic colleagues, former colleagues, in the Congress, they think it's over right now, and it's just imperative to get these American troops out of Iraq as quickly as possible, including John Murtha, who's been saying that at least for a year now. BLITZER: But the general notion that James Baker and Lee Hamilton and their colleagues have that, in order to ease the crisis, potentially a catastrophe, in Iraq, the United States has to get much more intimately involved on the Israeli-Palestinian front. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. You and Lee Hamilton depicted on the front page of the New York Post. And they say they go out and they're waiting to be attacked, and that this is a very passive role they have. In 2013, Shimon joined CNN as a justice producer. As a crime and justice correspondent for CNN, he has covered some of the. The former Emmy Award winner, Shimon has been working with the network for more than a decade. The first step to recommend is that Syria will disconnect relations with Hezbollah. We'll be right back. We have to contain Iraq. By arthur January 15, 2023. John, the reaction from Iraqi leaders, including the president, Jalal Talabani, himself a Kurd, today, very negative to this Iraq Study Group recommendations. Did you encounter any technical issues? After constanting watching you on CNN, I found my true hero. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: Accept it all or, basically, don't accept it? I'll read it to you. And the coalition that we are part of agreed upon having those nine governorates to be part of the federation. Being a crime and justice reporter, Shimon mainly covers his news in the concerned sector. BLITZER: And still to come, insight from two journalists who know the Iraq story very well: Bob Woodward of The Washington Post and John Burns, the Baghdad bureau chief for the New York Times. WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: It's 11:00 a.m. here in Washington, 8:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 4:00 p.m. in London and 7:00 p.m. in Baghdad. More about his personal life, https://www.facebook.com/DailyCaller/posts/10154860695071770, https://twitter.com/shimonpro/status/443758930096046080, https://www.instagram.com/shimonpro/?hl=en, Will Ripley (CNN North Korea) Wiki Biography, age, salary, gay, husband, Scarlet Fu (Bloomberg) Wiki Bio, salary, husband, age, height, family, Jessica Schneider (CNN) Wiki Bio, age, wedding, husband, salary, family. Listen to what a Sunni parliamentarian said this week, reacting to your report: "These recommendations might be a solution for the American crisis in Iraq but not a solution for the Iraqi crisis. They postponed it. Do you support a two-state solution, Israel living alongside Palestine? (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: Strong words from the former president of the United States. Even when in 2000 he stood for state president the ultimate consolation prize for veterans Knesset members opted not for him but for the pedestrian Moshe Katsav. We still think we can achieve the president's goal of an Iraq that can defend itself, support itself and sustain itself, govern itself, if we make the changes that we have suggested. HAMILTON: That's right. His Wiki: Wife, Net Wor Who is Kpop youtuber Saesong? Israel later promised that it would not introduce atomic weapons into the region at my urging, wrote Peres. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BAKER: I hope we don't treat this like a fruit salad and say, I like this, but I don't like that; I like this, but I don't like that. The troops are the chessmen and women on the board who get moved around for policy or somebody's political cover and so forth. BLITZER: Because we're hearing from President Jalal Talabani today, in my interview with Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite leader, Sunni politicians -- they don't like this Iraq study report.

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