Foreign Minister Shimon Peres marked his 65th birthday Tuesday at a surprise party thrown by his old friend, Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek.
Kollek, who was Peres’ friend and colleague under Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, staged the celebration at a cafe in a Jerusalem suburb where the two men were touring.
Kollek had invited other friends and Foreign Ministry staffers, who all drank a “I’chaim” to Peres.
The Labor Party leader will have 65 trees planted in his name in the Jewish National Fund Peace Forest outside Jerusalem.
Ezer Weizman, Labor campaign director, said, “I’ll give him my present on November 1,” a reference to Israel’s election day.
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