HARMAN: Yes, I do. BLITZER: Secretary Baker, I suspect, also, because I've spoken with other Kurdish leaders, that they don't like your notion of having an international conference in which all of the regional neighbors of Iraq would be involved because, as you well know, and as Congressman Hamilton well knows and our viewers know, the Kurds have no great love for Turkey and they certainly don't want Turkey playing a role in the future of northern Iraq, which in effect, has become an autonomous Kurdistan. Congress has served notice that now there will be careful review of the Iraq budgets. They're standing by, live. BLITZER: Thank you very much for giving me some time. What sort of an apartheid? Peress retaliatory invasion of Lebanon in April 1996 also misfired, when more than 100 refugees perished in one Israeli bombing. Shimon Peres funeral: Obama evokes unfinished business of peace talks, Asa peacemaker, Shimon Peres never won over the Israeli public, Sonof Shimon Peres announces death of 'devoted' former Israeli leader video. It's not something you can adopt as a policy. We don't need BLITZER: To break it up? Their breakaway Rafi party proved unsuccessful, winning only 10 seats, and in 1968 Rafi rejoined Labour, as did Peres, who became its deputy general secretary. BLITZER: You support unconditional talks between the United States and Syria and Iran? Por CNN Espaol. And can he regain confidence on Capitol Hill? And there are, of course, violence in Baghdad, in some other governorates. Nor was he above taking audacious decisions, as in 1989 when he ordered Mossad to abduct the nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu from British soil, or in 2002, when he attracted millions to invest in nanotechnology. BLITZER: Would you like to be the leader of Iraq one day? BLITZER: Bob, I want to pick up on something that you spoke about, the new, incoming defense secretary, Robert Gates, to succeed Donald Rumsfeld, who made a surprise visit to Baghdad in Iraq this weekend. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: Prime Minister Peres, thanks very much for joining us. The dialogue with Iran will be a 100-percent failure, just like it was with North Korea. That was done by BLITZER: Do you think the current Israeli government -- you're the vice premier -- would be willing to do the same if there were a change of heart in Damascus? And if he is found guilty, so be it. November 4, 1995-June 1996 - Becomes prime minister after Prime Minister Rabin is assassinated. So the question is: What's going to move Bush, who's the commander in chief, who's going to make this decision? (END VIDEO CLIP) And the fall-out of the Iraq report in Washington and Baghdad; insight from two Pulitzer prize-winning reporters, Bob Woodward of The Washington Post and John Burns of the New York Times. BLITZER: So you would like the U.S. troops to leave? BAKER: Well, it would be a good idea for him to read the report, because we're not talking about a withdrawal before the training and equipping mission is proceeding, before additional Iraqi brigades are deployed. And the second is this report. Age, Height, Net Worth, Husb Who is Jessica Tarlov? I have, as well, and I recommend it to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. If the U.S. stays for another year, let's say, and another 1,000 American troops are killed, 5,000 injured, $100 billion spent, is it going to really make a difference when all is said and done? He also tried to abolish military rule over Israels Arab citizens, but Ben-Gurion overruled him and the law was only repealed in 1966. SHAYS: I totally agree with it. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If we were to fail, that failed policy will come to hurt generations of Americans in the future. PERES: I wish it would help. So far, Shimon had covered the story of 18-year old African-American boy Michael Brown in 2014, raising charges against Senator Robert Menendez and the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting when the security guard killed 49 and wounded 53 people in the gay nightclub Pulse. BLITZER: You're in the minority now, but was this a good idea, to make sure that Jane Harman is not the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee? Look, Iraq is where -- it's an oil-rich nation. Welcome to Washington. We handed over the whole land. HAMILTON: That's right. And I think we had an earthquake on November 7 when the Republicans were removed from power over the Iraq and corruption issues. "Late Edition" will be right back. Shimon lives his life as the reporter of the popular news broadcasting network CNN. You also come when the Iraq Study Group has issued its report, making recommendations to the president. And the coalition that we are part of agreed upon having those nine governorates to be part of the federation. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BAKER: I hope we don't treat this like a fruit salad and say, I like this, but I don't like that; I like this, but I don't like that. BURNS: Well, it's an irony -- perhaps you could even say a tragedy -- of the American enterprise in Iraq that those two elections which brought, ultimately, something like 12 million of the 27 million Iraqis to the polls and which gave everybody so much hope that there was going to be a turn for the better has actually only worsened things here by bringing to power -- and I'm not only talking about the government, the Shiite religious parties, but basically, sectarian interests. The Sunnis will not accept a Shia-led government by itself if they're shut out of the deal and don't have a fair deal. And this government is taking care of security. I'm increasingly BLITZER: The Iraq Study Group rejected that notion. Bob Woodward's new book, "State of Denial," a best-seller. July 24, 2014 - His term as president ends. The Defense Department and the intelligence community have not invested sufficient people and resources to understand the political and military threat to American men and women in the armed forces." He served as a constant force for generations in Israeli. If they want us to leave, we'll leave. That's a part of national reconciliation. And I think that many of them were drawn immediately to that qualifier you already cited on the troop withdrawal, American troop withdrawal, barring unexpected developments on the ground. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. PERES: Right. They're different from each other; they have united in common cause against us, which is highly unfortunate. PERES: Yes, but I'm even more surprised listening to it. In 2009 Peres served as national host for Pope Benedict XVIs visit to Israel. The report says we should embed troops and start moving our troops out. HARMAN: I think we have to be very tough with both countries. There is no provision in here for a blanket withdrawal. He was the son of Abraham. 1948 - Appointed head of Israels Naval Services. He called it unworkable. All of that makes tremendous sense. But I also think that her majority is created by moderates and conservatives who won in Republican seats who talk tough and smart on security issues. We have a lot of people there. So they did that before. But the ball has to move here. Even when in 2000 he stood for state president the ultimate consolation prize for veterans Knesset members opted not for him but for the pedestrian Moshe Katsav. He soon met the Ukrainian-born Sonia Gelman and wooed her by moonlight with readings from Marxs Das Kapital. We're cutting that time in half, so that Iraqis patrol the streets, not Americans. Let me start with you, Secretary Baker. The couple married in 1945 after Sonia had served as a nurse and driver with the British Army in Egypt. And too few people are thinking about them. Later he was promoted as an assignment editor WABC as Shimon does his best in any work. There's a lot of -- if you call it ethnic cleansing or whatever -- a lot of Sunnis are leaving, a million refugees so far. And quite frankly, the whole future of Iraq depends upon whether or not the Iraqi government can effect a program of national reconciliation between Kurds, Shia and Sunni. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): It's well-known that the Iraqi problem is an internal and external one. Shimon, is the sky safe from attacks by rioters during the inauguration and at all time following??? Nonetheless, Peres still engendered controversy. BLITZER: Do you think the presence of American forces, 140,000, 145,000 U.S. troops in Iraq are helping your country or hurting your country? The former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, dead, CNN has now confirmed, at the age of 91, at a military hospital in Santiago. But the Syrians have a double policy. We would like to negotiate some time, somehow. And we're following all of the rest of the day's top news: a startling new claim surrounding the death of Princess Diana; the latest on another typhoon that hit the Philippines; and a deadly fire at a hospital in Russia. He is of American nationality and white ethnicity. We've got to put pressure on the Iraqis to do exactly that. JOHN BURNS, NEW YORK TIMES: Frankly, I don't think it is. Who doesn't enable them to be independent and be alone? This is the only recommendation he's going to get that's bipartisan, that can bring us together as a country, that can unify our efforts as a country. BAKER: Wolf, let me answer that also. According to sources, Handler was the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's guest at his Peres Center for Peace, where they conducted an on-camera conversation about his life achievements; his role in . We've got to move these people toward the concept of a unified nation. January 14, 2016 - Peres suffers a mild heart attack and undergoes surgery to insert a stent. Frequent antisemitic raids undermined Vishnevas patina of autonomy. He said, "There will be that many in my district alone in one night" -- he's a Sunni in Baghdad -- "if American troops are withdrawn." They postponed it. Peres contested five elections without winning a single outright victory. https://www.instagram.com/p/BU7G-MBBk-8/?hl=en&taken-by=shimonpro, Shimon Prokupecz was one of the CNN reporters who was covering the The Manhattan Attack in late October 2017, when 11 people was injured while eight people was killed after the truck ran over them in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center. He should know it. There's no way to value that. And what's happening on the ground is partition. Here's the question: Are you aligned with Iran right now? You are a star! Ever since the state of Israel was created in 1948, Shimon Peres, who has died aged 93, was at or near the centre of action . Days later he found himself at the centre of an unseemly row with the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan at the Davos world economic summit as a result. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The present government says we are seeking a full-fledged peace with everybody. But you need something that people will say, "Oh, this is a change, and this has a chance of working." (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: Finally, on NBC, The Washington Post's Pentagon reporter, Tom Ricks, the author of the important book, "Fiasco," gave a prediction on how much longer he thinks U.S. troops will be in Iraq. But now it's time to move things forward. September 28, 2016 - Peres dies at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv after suffering a massive stroke two weeks prior. Learn more about each member of the ABC30 newsteam with exclusive bios. As mentioned, his net worth is estimated to be $2 million as of 2020 as per Biowikis. SHAYS: No. I'm Wolf Blitzer in Washington. To not have dialogue with either country I think is a mistake. Griffin's LinkedIn page, which has . I think the timeline we need is to say, "If you don't do these things in reconciliation, we're going to leave." It is dedicated to dialogue, cultural, economic and youth initiatives, and healthcare assistance to Palestinians. And I agree with that. But when it comes to the decision, of course, and it's conditional that they don't just take the decision-making from us. BLITZER: Nic Robertson, we'll check back it you in Baghdad. We'll take a quick break. SHIMON PERES, ISRAELI VICE PREMIER: Thank you. BLITZER: Because, as you know, Congressman Hamilton, a lot of your Democratic colleagues, former colleagues, in the Congress, they think it's over right now, and it's just imperative to get these American troops out of Iraq as quickly as possible, including John Murtha, who's been saying that at least for a year now. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Everyone who understands, it's his right to understand whatever. And instability in Iraq is going to spill over all over the place in that region. Now, to talk with Iran, we have had relations with Iran, different Iran. In 1969 Peres was charged with developing these areas, and absorbing new eastern European immigrants. And they're saying this interferes in their own sovereignty. Sandra Day O'Connor, one of the members, said to me, "Jane, take this and move on." In the event, Barak sabotaged his rivals virtual candidacy, only to lose at the polls himself. (May 2022) Shimon Prokupecz (born February 4, 1978) is an American journalist who works as the crime and justice reporter for CNN. By the way, I think the president is soon going to lose his command authority. He is also active on Instagram, with over 1,700 fans. SHAYS: Yes. We have to contain Iraq. Coming up in just a few minutes, will any policy changes end the violence and the death in Iraq? I'm going to stay in the game on these issues. That's all. 1996 - Founds the Peres Center for Peace. Unless they get together and actually receive national reconciliation and all of these statements go in the direction, as Lee just pointed out, of their own sect interest or ethnic group interest, unless they get national reconciliation, we are not going to solve the problems of Iraq. And one very indispensable element of that national reconciliation program is the sharing of oil proceeds on the basis of population. I'm Wolf Blitzer in Washington. And the study committee is right in identifying it. Military hospital in Chile, in Santiago, says now that the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, has died. But this depends on the opinion of the military and security experts and the political experts in this, to decide what is the right step for that and what is the timetable for that. June 13, 2007 - Wins the Israeli presidential election by a vote of 86-23 by the Knesset. SHAYS: Yes. They think the U.S. is trying to impose a deal on the Iraqis themselves. BLITZER: The other sensitive issue that people want to know your position is on, because this has come up often, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's rejection that there was a Holocaust. BURNS: I don't think that they think they're going to get that kind of ultimatum. An earlier version said that Peres was survived by his wife, Sonia. BLITZER: Is that your assessment, as well? He then served in turn as communications, transport and information minister. Secretary Baker, here's a question our viewers want to know: Is it worth it right now, given what you, yourself, point out in your report, $2 billion a week it's costing U.S. taxpayers, already nearly 3,000 Americans killed? "If the Iraqi government does not make substantial progress toward the achievement of milestones on national reconciliation, security and governance, the United States should reduce political, military or economic support for the Iraqi government." And for our North American viewers, coming up at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, a comprehensive look at all the events in Iraq and analysis from experts and correspondents. It seems like it's not much better now. I'll read it to you. PERES: Thank you. I think the president has to look at this very, very hard before he goes off on another choice. There are parts of this world that need more of our attention. A year after his death, the last of the founding generation of Israel's leaders describes a life "entwined with the birth and . Welcome to Washington. May 29, 2012 - Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barack Obama during an East Room ceremony in the White House. He knows perfectly well the Palestinians are divided in two parts. The three-time Emmy Award-winning anchor has reported and anchored at KBTX-TV in Bryan/College Station, KRIS-TV in Corpus Christi, KLAS-TV in Las Vegas and KRQE-TV in Albuquerque. BLITZER: How angry are you at the speaker-to-be, Nancy Pelosi, for deciding you should not be the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, even though you were in line to become the chair? Here's what the president said on Thursday at his news conference with Tony Blair. Israel later promised that it would not introduce atomic weapons into the region at my urging, wrote Peres. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Welcome back to "Late Edition." We'll be right back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Welcome back to "Late Edition." Now, where is all this leading? There should first be a broad purging of the security elements, because they were established on a sectarian basis with militias. And I like the idea that they want to be an independent nation. More than that, his stance seemed to contradict Netanyahus policies. BLITZER: That's in the recommendations. He's now honorary chairman of the James Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. The first step to recommend is that Syria will disconnect relations with Hezbollah. SHAYS: My assessment is, if we do see real regionization, it's an indication that some of our policies failed. But will the president implement their 79 recommendations? They have a right to take their position. BLITZER: We're going to get to that shortly. BLITZER: Here are a couple of the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. It's just outrageous to have our soldiers play Russian roulette: Which car drives by them that has the bomb? BLITZER: And they're under-reporting it, apparently, the U.S. government, as well, the level of violence. Thanks very much. And they are supporting terror. BLITZER: And just ahead, we'll get a closer look at what changes we can really expect in Iraq from two Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters: Bob Woodward of The Washington Post and John Burns of the New York Times. Peres had meanwhile founded a centre for peace in his name, with headquarters in Ajami, a largely Arab neighbourhood of Jaffa. They talk about the rotation system. Now, he knows Israel for apartheid -- can a Jewish person be for apartheid? For the past four hours, the city has been paralyzed, once again, by a massive show of strength, supporting the Hezbollah-led opposition that's trying to bring down the U.S.-backed prime minister, Fouad Siniora, who heads a very wobbly government. She became a source of strength to him in private and an enigmatically deferential figure in public. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BUSH: I understand there's sectarian violence. In the year 2013, he became the producer of CNN and became responsible for covering news related to the FBI and various security-related agencies in the USA. And they say they go out and they're waiting to be attacked, and that this is a very passive role they have. The problem is, is it more than a wishful thinking? He procured plane parts from the US, Italy and Czechoslovakia during the 1948 war. How can he call it apartheid? But Yugoslavia is the right model here. We'll ask the Israeli vice premier, Shimon Peres. BLITZER: He says that he's not saying that there's apartheid in Israel, but, in effect, in the Israeli-occupied territories, the West Bank. THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. document.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); Type above and press Enter to search. HARMAN: I'm talking about semi-independent regions. I spoke with Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, arguably the most influential Shiite political leader in Iraq right now. PERES: I don't see the change of heart. In Israel, the late president is best known for his contributions to the military, not for the Oslo agreement. Before joining CNN International, she was a reporter for Abu Dhabi Television. This page is not available in other languages. Also, the factor that disturbs me in all of this is there's no focus on the troops. BLITZER: You're comfortable with that? (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: Strong words from the former president of the United States. Doesn't he know it? By arthur January 15, 2023. And the key is that she wasn't being partisan. He's not excited about unconditional talks with Iran and Syria. We gave back Gaza completely to the Palestinians. Because you met with him; you heard his public statements. Do you support a two-state solution, Israel living alongside Palestine? They look for domination of the Iranians, the Hamas and the Hezbollah, over the Middle East, religiously. In his career so far, Shimon has covered several of nations most groundbreaking stories such as the shooting of 18-year old African-American boy Michael Brown in 2014, raising charges against Senator Robert Menendez, as well as the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting when the security guard killed 49 and wounded 53 people in the gay nightclub Pulse. He became the first Israeli head of state to address a Muslim state legislature when he spoke to Turkeys national assembly in November 2007. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: On CBS, Democratic Senator Carl Levin emphasized what he thought was the Iraq Study Group Report's bottom line. (NEWSBREAK) BLITZER: Let's go live to Beirut right now, with hundreds of thousands of protesters once again on the streets, demanding changes in the government. Over the years, wrote the Israeli historian Zeev Sternhell, Shimon Peres destroyed everything of value [in Labour]. Other leftists blamed him for initiating with Oslo II the settlement bypass roads that seemed to render a contiguous Palestinian state impossible. The visit here by outgoing defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld was a very wide-ranging visit, highly secret. We shall be for apartheid? Do your job, as Bill Belichick would say! In 1957, he successfully lobbied the French government for a nuclear reactor, and established a hi-tech intelligence unit, Lakam, whose operatives served him in future clandestine ventures. HARMAN: No, I think the U.S. cannot win on this course. John, I read all your columns, all your articles in the New York Times. So why should we monopolize it? Rabin, meanwhile, concentrated on Syrian talks via his protege, the military chief of staff Ehud Barak. Listen to this. Support for Peres evaporated when successive bomb attacks killed dozens in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and talks with Syria came to naught. But that's about as unrealistic as anything that you're going to find, frankly, in the Baker-Hamilton report, insofar as it would be likely to bring an end to this conflict at this stage. That's simply not true. And something dramatic is going to have to be done. She died in 2011. The shah wasn't a long time ago. BLITZER: But do you believe, Your Eminence, that Israel has a right to exist? Shimon Prokupecz. All of us are for it. We have a right to take ours. As a crime and justice correspondent for CNN, he has covered some of the. He mainly covers breaking national news and law enforcement. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. I don't want to press the issue much more, but I clearly hear you saying you don't want to answer that question. And we will not go beyond the Iraqi issues. The 9th President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres , . Bob Woodward and John Burns with more on their special insights from here in Washington and Baghdad. July 1, 2015 - During an exclusive interview with CNN, Peres expresses support of a nuclear deal with Iran and says it is feasible for inspectors to enforce the terms of the agreement. He took over as prime minister on a wave of sympathy. Today the prime minister, on behalf of Hamas, said that, even if we should reach an agreement, we will not recognize Israel. I'm not sure. And we are trying to propose here not just a solution for Iraq but a comprehensive, diplomatic strategy that would begin to deal with all of the problems in that region. The problem is the ayatollahs. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". I'm Wolf Blitzer in Washington. Updated CNN suspended Griffin, who worked with former CNN star Chris Cuomo, a "New Day" anchor from its inception in 2013 until he launched his primetime show in 2018. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Regardless of what came in this report, but actually there are a lot of positive things in it. There he befriended Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky, British Labour politicians and delegates from Africa and Asia. But according to various online sources, Shimon is of mixed ethnicity and completed his high school education from his hometown high school. (modern). He fought the 1984 elections to a dead heat, and duly headed a national unity government, agreeing that he would hand power to Likuds pugnacious new leader, Yitzhak Shamir, after two years. BLITZER: Because you could imagine, with $100 billion over the next year, what you with could do domestically with that kind of money. Failing in Iraq, which we are doing, not correcting the course, is not going to help us anywhere else in the world and not going to help our BLITZER: So you think the U.S. can still win? Thank you very much for that report. This was a battle that would be repeated often over the next two decades. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Welcome back to "Late Edition." AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): This is also an inaccurate statement, because we have a strong relationship with Iran, as well as we have a strong relationship with the United States. I think this was the most brilliant achievement of his presidency. But my point is that we have to pay attention to what's happening on the ground. This article about a United States journalist born in the 1970s is a stub. Peres meanwhile became a vice-president of the Socialist International in 1978. BLITZER: Here is what the Iraq Study Group recommended this week: "As part of a solution to the crisis in Iraq," it said, "there must also be a renewed commitment by the United States to a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace on all fronts: Lebanon, Syria, and President Bush's June 2002 commitment to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine." Click To Know: Carlotta Walls LaNier: Youngest Member of Little Rock Nines net worth and personal life. We have new people coming every year because it's such a hard place to serve. The troops are the chessmen and women on the board who get moved around for policy or somebody's political cover and so forth. "Our government still does not understand very well either the insurgency in Iraq or the role of the militias. You embarrass an Iraqi male in front of his wife, you've made an enemy for life. He was used to playing the long game. Israeli President Shimon Peres speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing after meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House on June 25, 2014, in Washington. Age, Height, Boyfriend, Famil Who is singer Chris Isaak? The linkage to Israel, the way it is spelled out, may be wrong. HARMAN: Yes, it's accurate, but it's more complicated. Wed 28 Sep 2016 00.20 EDT. I insist that we change the strategy. We'll stay on top of this story, bring you the reaction, the fallout. But your minister of strategic affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, said this on Thursday. WOODWARD: Well, yes. Former Israeli president Shimon Peres a life in pictures, Mahmoud Abbas plans to attend Shimon Peres funeral in Jerusalem, Shimon Peres, Nobel winner and giant of Israeli politics, dies at 93. And he's right, you can't pull out instantly, or perhaps you can't set a timetable. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". Shimon Peres (born 1923) served as Israel's prime minister from 1984 through 1986 and again in 1995, following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiations with the Palestinians, along with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat.. Shimon Peres was born to Yitzhak and Sara Persky in 1923 in Volozhin, Poland. And any withdrawal would be subject, of course, to changed conditions on the ground. The difference was minor. 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