Shimon Peres

{{Audio|He-Shimon_Peres.ogg|Shimon Peres}} (Hebrew ????????? ??????) (born August 21, 1923), an Israeli politician, is the head of the Israeli Labour Party and served as 8th Prime Minister of Israel from 1984-1986 and 1995-1996 and Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel from 2001-2002, and became Vice Premier in a coalition under Ariel Sharon at the start of 2005. In 1994 Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, for their efforts towards peace which culminated in the Oslo Accords.

Books

He is the author of several books, including:

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• The Next Step (1965)
• David's Sling (1970) (ISBN 0297000837)
• And Now Tomorrow (1978)
• From These Men: seven founders of the State of Israel (1979) (ISBN 0671610163)
• Entebbe Diary (1991)
• Yoman Entebeh (1991} (ISBN 9652481114}
• The New Middle East (1993) (ISBN 0805033238)
• Battling for Peace: a memoir (1995) (ISBN 0679436170)
• For the Future of Israel (1998) (ISBN 080185928X)
• The Imaginary Voyage : With Theodor Herzl in Israel (1999) (ISBN 1559704683)