Washington – Obama Hopes To Attend Peres Funeral In Israel: White House

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    The Knesset Honor Guard lowers the Israeli flag at half-mast during a ceremony in memory of Former Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on September 28, 2016. Peres was hospitalized in the Sheba Medical Centre on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, after suffering a stroke, and passed away last night at the age of 93. Photo by Hadas Parushl/Flash90 Washington – President Barack Obama hopes to attend the funeral of former Israeli president and statesman Shimon Peres in Israel on Friday and the White House is working on the logistics, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Wednesday.

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    The following world figures have confirmed attendance at Shimon Peres’ funeral in Jerusalem on Friday:

    — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton

    — Britain’s Prince Charles

    — French President Francois Hollande

    — German President Joachim Gauck

    — Speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, Valentina Matviyenko.

    — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

    — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda

    — European Council President Donald Tusk

    — Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende


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    7 years ago

    who needs him there? there are no golf courses there………… and by the way it’s being held in the CAPITAL CITY OF ISRAEL = JERUSALEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    7 years ago

    Unless you want to bring Reb Jonathan Pollard with you, do the American Tax Payers a big favor and STAY HOME!

    7 years ago

    who needs the обезьяна