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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Netanyahu-expresses-his-condolences-on-the-loss-of-Peres-468865

Israel Bids Farewell to a Founding Father

(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon and Tovah Lazaroff - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his condolences Wednesday at the passing of Israel's ninth president and internationally cherished diplomat emeritus Shimon Peres. Netanyahu said Peres dedicated his life to Israel's independence and was a visionary who looked to the future. He was also a man who buttressed the country's security capacities in many ways, some of which are still not publicly known to this day. As a man of peace, "he worked until his last days toward reconciliation with our neighbors for a better future for our children." Peres' name will be forever etched in the memory of the nation "as one of Israel's great leaders, and one of the founding fathers who established the State of Israel."

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