Shimon Peres in hospital, cancels speaking engagement The former Israeli president, 91, had been scheduled to speak at an event for KamaTech, an Israeli start-up.
Peres endorses Isaac Herzog as Israel’s next PM Israel’s former president and prime minister calls the front-running Zionist Union chief a “level-headed leader.”
Peres: Jews should immigrate to Israel out of desire, not fear Israel’s former president appeared at a gala event in New York also featuring Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli and actress Gal Gadot.