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President Rivlin: Shimon Peres Carried a Whole Nation on the Wings of Vision


(President's Spokesperson-Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) President Reuven Rivlin expressed his deep sadness on the passing of Israel's former president and prime minister Shimon Peres, describing him as one who "never ceased to work for the sake of the Zionist movement, for the sake of the State of Israel, and the people of Israel. There is not a chapter in the history of the State of Israel in which Shimon did not write or play a part. As one man he carried a whole nation on the wings of imagination, on the wings of vision....We loved him because he made us dare to imagine not what was once here, nor what is now, but what could be."
2016-09-28 00:00:00
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