Akiva Eldar and Daoud Kuttab this week reflected on the legacy of Shimon Peres, one of Israel’s most acclaimed statesmen, who died Sept. 28.
Eldar credits Peres’ many contributions to Israel’s becoming a regional military powerhouse, world leader in high tech industries and “an island of stability in the heart of a stormy Middle East.” Peres was an architect of the Oslo Accord with the Palestinians, which led to his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize with Yitzak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, and to the peace agreement with Jordan in 1994.
