以色列前領導人西蒙·佩雷斯去世
Former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres, whose life of public service spans the life of the Israeli nation itself, has died at age 93.
Peres suffered a severe stroke two weeks ago and died Wednesday in the hospital in Tel HaShomer.
He held nearly every major Israeli political post during his long career, including prime minister twice, the presidency, defense minister and foreign minister.
He was the longest serving member of parliament in Israeli history, holding a seat in the Knesset for 48 years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Peres devoted his life to the sovereignty of the Israeli people.
U.S. President Barack Obama said no one did more than Peres to build the alliance between the United States and Israel and described him as someone who forced people to expect more from themselves.
Former President Bill Clinton said that with the death of Peres, the Middle East "has lost a fervent advocate for peace and reconciliation."
His major achievement was as foreign minister with the Oslo Accords -- a deal for Palestinian self-rule for which Peres, then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. Rabin was assassinated in 1995.曾經擔任過以色利前總統和總理的西蒙·佩雷斯去世，終年93歲。他從政的一生貫穿了以色列建國後的整個時期。
兩個星期前，佩雷斯遭受嚴重中風，星期三，他在特拉-哈紹梅爾的一家醫院病逝。
在他漫長的職業生涯中，他擔任過以色列幾乎所有重要的政治職務，除了兩次擔任以色列總理外，他還擔任過總統、國防部長和外長等。
他是以色列歷史上任期最長的國會議員，擔任議員長達48年。
以色列總理內塔尼亞胡說，佩雷斯把自己的一生獻給了以色列人民的主權訴求。
美國總統奧巴馬說，在建立美以聯盟方面，沒有人比佩雷斯作出的貢獻更大，並形容他是一個激勵人們更多挖掘自身能力的人。
美國前總統克林頓說，因爲佩雷斯的去世，中東失去了一個和平與和解的積極倡導者。
佩雷斯的主要成就是，他在擔任外長期間簽署了給予巴勒斯坦人自治權的奧斯陸協議，爲此他和當時的以色列總理拉賓以及已故巴勒斯坦領導人阿拉法特分享了1994年諾貝爾和平獎。拉賓1995年遇刺身亡。
