Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Israel has declared a day of mourning Wednesday.
Averbukh received a congratulatory call from Israel's foreign minister Shimon Peres after his victory.
If she cannot form a government, Israel's president, Shimon Peres, could ask someone else to try.
And it has the support of Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Shamir, former Labour and Likud leaders.
The police refuse to even escort Upper Nazareth's Mayor Shimon Gafsou to threatened areas.
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But it wasn't an Israeli "peacenik" like Shimon Peres who withdrew Jewish settlers from occupied land.
Key figures, including Israel's president, Shimon Peres, and the Knesset's speaker, Dalia Itzik, are now in Kadima.
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His likeliest successor is Shimon Peres, who sits uncomfortably as a junior minister in Mr Barak's government.
Mr Barak and President Shimon Peres offered apologies for the killings, but Egypt said these were insufficient.
Hagel also was meeting Monday with Israeli President Shimon Peres, and on Tuesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also urged him to visit the Middle East.
President Shimon Peres is expected to ask Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attempt to form a new government.
On Tuesday, the President will welcome Israeli President Shimon Peres to the White House for a working lunch.
Musician Bob Dylan, astronaut John Glenn, and Israeli President Shimon Peres were among the Medal of Freedom recipients.
In 1994 Shimon Peres, then Israel's foreign minister, and Yasser Arafat struck a deal over Gaza and Jericho.
He was welcomed at Ben Gurion airport, Tel Aviv, by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres.
And in a February 22 interview, its CEO, Shimon Hason, explained why he chose Boston as its home base.
"I've seen the criticism that he's a boring person but people just don't know him yet, " said Ben Shimon.
At Pennsylvania's Independence Hall Thursday, former Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Jordan's King Hussein received the Philadelphia Liberty Medal.
Former Israel international Ran Ben Shimon, one of Grant's closest friends, is convinced.
But Mr Weizman rejected the offer, preferring to support the leftist Shimon Peres.
Israeli President Shimon Peres said Israel was "silent, but not indifferent" to the Syrian conflict, but said it wouldn't intervene.
An ardent advocate for Israel's security and for peace, Shimon Peres was elected the ninth President of Israel in 2007.
In Washington, Israel's Foreign Minister Shimon Peres was due to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Israeli President Shimon Peres has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government following last month's parliamentary election.
President Shimon Peres will be one of the keynote speakers at the dedication ceremony for the Nazareth Industrial Park on Tuesday.
His comments were described as "an absolute disgrace" by Israeli President Shimon Peres, attending a Holocaust Remembrance Day event in Jerusalem.
But with Livni unable to form a coalition, instead she asked Israeli President Shimon Peres to call this month's early elections.
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