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Shimon Peres has been president of the State of Israel since 2007. In 1947, at David Ben-Gurion’s request, he was recruited by the Haganah, and he was appointed head of naval services in 1948. Over a long and distinguished political career, he has held numerous cabinet-level positions, including foreign minister and defense minister, and served two terms as prime minister. One of the architects of the Oslo Accords, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994.
David Landau was editor in chief of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz from 2004 to 2008. Before joining Haaretz in 1997, Landau was the diplomatic...
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Ben-Gurion
A Political Life
Written by Shimon Peres and David Landau
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $25.95
Israel’s current president gives us a dramatic and revelatory biography of Israel’s first prime minister and its founding father.
Shimon Peres was in his early twenties when he first met David Ben-Gurion. Although the state that he would lead through war and peace had not yet declared its precarious independence, the “Old... Read more >
A Political Life
Written by Shimon Peres and David Landau
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $25.95
Israel’s current president gives us a dramatic and revelatory biography of Israel’s first prime minister and its founding father.
Shimon Peres was in his early twenties when he first met David Ben-Gurion. Although the state that he would lead through war and peace had not yet declared its precarious independence, the “Old... Read more >
Ben-Gurion
A Political Life
Written by Shimon Peres and David Landau
Format: eBook, 224 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $15.99
Read more >
A Political Life
Written by Shimon Peres and David Landau
Format: eBook, 224 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $15.99
Read more >
