#Shimon_Peres steps down, says world peace a “guiding principle” of #Israel
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Israel’s elder statesman Shimon Peres bowed out of active political life on Thursday with an ardent defense of the assault in #Gaza and a defiant prediction that peace will come “one day” to the region. At a ceremony overshadowed by the 17-day Gaza conflict in which nearly 800 people have died, Peres, 90, relinquished his largely ceremonial post as Israeli president to #Reuven_Rivlin, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party. read more