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Message for Bibi: Obama announces Medal of Freedom honor for Shimon Peres
By artappraiser on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 9:43pm |By Ian Duncan, Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2012
Reporting from Washington -- Israeli President Shimon Peres will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom this spring, President Obama announced at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington. [....]
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Shimon Peres: a dovish voice in Obama's ear
By Joshua Mitnick, Christian Science Monitor, March 4, 2012
Israeli President Shimon Peres meets with President Obama today. Mr. Peres opposes an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran, adding a dovish voice to deliberations between the US and Israel
Tel Aviv - On the eve of a summit between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to close gaps on confronting Iran, Mr. Obama meets today with an Israeli elder statesman who has staked out a more dovish position than the government. [....] A report in the Haaretz newspaper last week said he opposes an Israeli preemptive attack on Iran right now, even though many Israeli leaders have been hinting at the possibility. Opposing an attack now puts Mr. Peres closer to the US president than some Israeli cabinet members [....]
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