Published: 1 October 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Obama’s 24-minute address was laden with empathy, understanding and solidarity for Israel and the Jewish people. ‘They were the words of a friend - a friend in the highest of places.’ He acknowledged the presence and gesture of Mahmoud Abbas in his speech (which Netanyahu did not) and, using Shimon Peres’s own words, challenged Israel’s leaders to end Jewish rule over the Palestinians.
WATCH in full:
Amos Oz remembers Shimon Peres – YouTube 30.09.16 [6:09]
Hebrew but click CC for English subtitles.
President Obama’s speech at Shimon Peres' funeral – YouTube 30.09.16 [24:31]
And see: The last leader of Israel’s founding generation September 17, 2016
