Former Israeli President Shimon Peres, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and elder statesman of Israeli politics, has died, the Israeli news website reported last night.
He was 93.
Peres’ condition worsened following a major stroke two weeks ago.
He was one of the country’s most admired leaders at home and abroad and the last surviving link to Israel’s founding fathers.
He filled nearly every position in Israeli public life in an unprecedented seven-decade political career.
