• May 2013: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli president Shimon Peres, left, with US Secretary of State John Kerry as they pose for a three-way handshake, during the World Economic Forum meeting in the Dead Sea, in Jordan. EPA
    May 2013: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli president Shimon Peres, left, with US Secretary of State John Kerry as they pose for a three-way handshake, during the World Economic Forum meeting in the Dead Sea, in Jordan. EPA
  • Shimon Peres, left, and Ariel Sharon visit Ras-Sudar in Egypt in 1975. This was an important location in the Six Day War of 1967. Hulton Archive / Getty Images
    Shimon Peres, left, and Ariel Sharon visit Ras-Sudar in Egypt in 1975. This was an important location in the Six Day War of 1967. Hulton Archive / Getty Images
  • May 1979: Visiting Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, left, greets then Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva. Two months earlier, on March 26, 1979 in Washington DC, Israel and Egypt signed their historic peace treaty, making Egypt the first Arab nation to recognise the Jewish State. Ya’akov Sa’ar / GPO via Getty Images
    May 1979: Visiting Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, left, greets then Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva. Two months earlier, on March 26, 1979 in Washington DC, Israel and Egypt signed their historic peace treaty, making Egypt the first Arab nation to recognise the Jewish State. Ya’akov Sa’ar / GPO via Getty Images
  • June 2014: US president Barack Obama, right, meets with Israeli president Shimon Peres in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo
    June 2014: US president Barack Obama, right, meets with Israeli president Shimon Peres in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo
  • May 2015: Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas arrive to attend the opening session of the World Economic Forum at the King Hussien convention centre, Southern Shuneh, Jordan. Nasser Nasser / AP Photo
    May 2015: Shimon Peres, right, and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas arrive to attend the opening session of the World Economic Forum at the King Hussien convention centre, Southern Shuneh, Jordan. Nasser Nasser / AP Photo
  • October 1998: Shimon Peres, left, chats with Palestinian president Yasser Arafat while attending the inauguration ceremony of a park in memory of the former Norwegian foreign minister Jorgen Holst in the Gaza Strip. Reuters
    October 1998: Shimon Peres, left, chats with Palestinian president Yasser Arafat while attending the inauguration ceremony of a park in memory of the former Norwegian foreign minister Jorgen Holst in the Gaza Strip. Reuters
  • May 2014: Shimon Peres, left, stands with Pope Francis during a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv. Baz Ratner / Reuters
    May 2014: Shimon Peres, left, stands with Pope Francis during a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv. Baz Ratner / Reuters

The life of former Israel president Shimon Peres – in pictures


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Shimon Peres died this morning, aged 93, two weeks after suffering a stroke.