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The Imaginary Voyage: With Theodor Herzl in Israel
The former Israeli prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner narrates the eventful story of his life, from the perspective of an imaginative journey with Theodor Herzl, the spiritual father of Israel, visiting the various regions of the country and reflecting on their hopes for its future. 75,000 first printing.
- GenresPolitics
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1998
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Shimon Peres
64 books49 followersPolish-Israeli political leader Shimon Peres served as prime minister from 1984 to 1986, negotiated with the Palestine liberation organization, therefore shared the Nobel Prize of 1994 for peace, and returned from 1995 to 1996.
Yasir Arafat shared the Nobel Prize of 1994 for peace with Yitzhak Rabin and Peres.
Shimon Peres, a statesman served as the ninth president from 2007 to 2014. Peres served twice as interim and as a member of 12 cabinets in a career, spanning more than 66 years. People elected Peres to the Knesset in November 1959 and continued except a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006 until 2007, when he held role of president for another seven years. He, the oldest head of state of the world at the time, retired in 2014. People considered this last link to founding generation.
From a young age, his brilliant oratory attracted renown. He began his career in the late 1940s and during and directly after war of independence held several diplomatic and military positions.
He attained his first high-level government position as deputy director-general of defense in 1952 at the age of 28 years and from 1953 served as director-general until 1959. In the 1950s, Anthony Eden of Britain described the protocol of Sèvres as the "highest form of statesmanship," and Peres took part.
Peres participated in the foreign talks that with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat produced the accords at Oslo.
During his career, he represented Mapai, Rafi, alignment, Labor, and Kadima parties in the Knesset. In his private life, he, a poet, wrote stanzas during cabinet meetings and later turned some poems into songs. From prophets of Old Testament, French literature, and Chinese philosophy, he as a result of his deep interests ably quoted with equal ease.
Following a massive stroke and two weeks of hospitalization at the Sheba medical center near Tel-Aviv, Peres died.
Yasir Arafat shared the Nobel Prize of 1994 for peace with Yitzhak Rabin and Peres.
Shimon Peres, a statesman served as the ninth president from 2007 to 2014. Peres served twice as interim and as a member of 12 cabinets in a career, spanning more than 66 years. People elected Peres to the Knesset in November 1959 and continued except a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006 until 2007, when he held role of president for another seven years. He, the oldest head of state of the world at the time, retired in 2014. People considered this last link to founding generation.
From a young age, his brilliant oratory attracted renown. He began his career in the late 1940s and during and directly after war of independence held several diplomatic and military positions.
He attained his first high-level government position as deputy director-general of defense in 1952 at the age of 28 years and from 1953 served as director-general until 1959. In the 1950s, Anthony Eden of Britain described the protocol of Sèvres as the "highest form of statesmanship," and Peres took part.
Peres participated in the foreign talks that with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat produced the accords at Oslo.
During his career, he represented Mapai, Rafi, alignment, Labor, and Kadima parties in the Knesset. In his private life, he, a poet, wrote stanzas during cabinet meetings and later turned some poems into songs. From prophets of Old Testament, French literature, and Chinese philosophy, he as a result of his deep interests ably quoted with equal ease.
Following a massive stroke and two weeks of hospitalization at the Sheba medical center near Tel-Aviv, Peres died.
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July 25, 2017
يتخيل شمعون بيريز نفسه ملتقياً مع هرتزل في رحلة يلتفي فيها كل الأشخاص والأبطال والمفكرين في مختلف الازمان
وهو يتحدث فيهم ومعهم حول الأرض والشعب والأحداث التي سبقت وأحاطت بقرن كامل من العمل في سبيل الأنتقال من وادي الدموع إلى أرض الميعاد إلى جاننب الأهواء التي عصفت بكل أطراف النزاع في الشرق الأوسط .
-"كان لليهود الكثير من التاريخ وما لا يكفي من الجغرافيا "
-" إسرائيل هي بلا شك المكان الوحيد في العالم حيث يتزاوج الحاضر مع المستقبل والماضي وحيث لا تدرك الحقيقية إلا من خلال الخيال "
-"عبء التاريخ يثقل أحياناً كواهلنا بشدة وهذا قد يفسر إن لم يكن يسوغ بعض أخطاءنا وعجزنا "
-في 1897 يقول هرتزل أثناء افتتاح مؤتمر بال حول حلمه بإنشاء الدولة اليهودية " إن شئتم لن يكون ذلك حلماً" ويجيبه بيريز بعد قرن كامل " هذا الحلم اليوم له اسم آخر هو الأجمل في اللغة العبرية شالوم , السلام " ....
وهو يتحدث فيهم ومعهم حول الأرض والشعب والأحداث التي سبقت وأحاطت بقرن كامل من العمل في سبيل الأنتقال من وادي الدموع إلى أرض الميعاد إلى جاننب الأهواء التي عصفت بكل أطراف النزاع في الشرق الأوسط .
-"كان لليهود الكثير من التاريخ وما لا يكفي من الجغرافيا "
-" إسرائيل هي بلا شك المكان الوحيد في العالم حيث يتزاوج الحاضر مع المستقبل والماضي وحيث لا تدرك الحقيقية إلا من خلال الخيال "
-"عبء التاريخ يثقل أحياناً كواهلنا بشدة وهذا قد يفسر إن لم يكن يسوغ بعض أخطاءنا وعجزنا "
-في 1897 يقول هرتزل أثناء افتتاح مؤتمر بال حول حلمه بإنشاء الدولة اليهودية " إن شئتم لن يكون ذلك حلماً" ويجيبه بيريز بعد قرن كامل " هذا الحلم اليوم له اسم آخر هو الأجمل في اللغة العبرية شالوم , السلام " ....
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