Yehimovitch will tell all her voters who can't afford cottage cheese that it isn't so bad: at least Shimon will have a nice time and lot's of mekuravim will get tons of money.

Party-time is pandering-time for politicos and hollywood wash-outs. Nice to read that Peres "tears up" when he hears Streisand warbling "Avenu Malkenu," Oy! A Jewish woman singing in Hebrew! Who'd have thought?

Enough wasting our money on this obsolete figurehead. NIS 100 million per year is outrageous. Do away with the office of the President now!

Let Shimon & Nomenklatura tear it up!

He is one of the most important and well respected ambassadors that Israel has ever had. The respect that he is afforded all over the world by Jews, Christians and even Arabs, should make us all feel very proud. Let him enjoy this wonderful time!

this may be the first time I've read that the participants will not receive a fee...didn't we just read something contradictory about Bill Clinton? I'm confused

.....for those lefties who never had to make an income working, instead of some more befitting modesty and restraint his egotistical birthparty shall cost the Israeli taxpayer a fair mint.

Let them eat Shmalz..

They should dissolve this wasteful government office the minute this guy croaks..Peres should be Israel's last Marie Antoinette.. Katzav was a dirtbag sycophant, Peres is just too old and senile. The office of the President is a waste of money..

loved by EVERYBODY???!!! There is a reason for that...

we need garbage cans in Jerusalem, not b-day parties.

Obviously Israel has outgrown the need for donations from those of us in the diaspora if you can afford to pish away money celebrating Peres birthday.

The most suitable way to celebrate Peres' 90th birthday would be to finally hold Peres and Labor accountable for the thousands of Israelis maimed and murdered by Oslo. Justice for Oslo victims has already waited 20 years. Now is the time to hit Peres and Labor with a huge class action lawsuit for criminal negligence directly resulting in thousands of wrongful deaths and maimings.

Ben Gurion, Peres's mentor, must be spinning in the grave. In fact so must all the founding generation of Israel. The President is a figure who should unite and represent all the people of Israel, not just the wealth.

where are the demonstrations against Oslo? Where are the supporters of bigger Israel? Where are these people who you claim wants the West Bank to be annexed (and I am talking about Israelis, not some jew'sh from the US or France)? You're just a minority and you know it...

I will not be attending the celebration. Peres has not accomplished anything positive for Israel, since Ben Gurion was Prime Minister. Peres has morphed into a useful ...... Not so useful really. Peres represents all the worse values in Israeli society, selfishness, excessive egoism, narcissism and fantasizer. Peres and his way of thinking, a true danger to Israeli society.

America govt. spends money like crazy because their money would lose its' status if it was not printed and spent to oblivion. They are in a deadly, vicious, self destructive cycle due to the nature of their currency. Most Americans either do not understand or are too arrogant to believe that the end of the Dollar as the most powerful trade currency on the planet is drawing very near. Mr. Peres, genius, how are you preparing Israel for this paradigm shift?? What are we paying you for? Be honest and tell the world just how desperate the situation is becoming, that is if you truly belive in world peace and not just lip service and BS.

Oldest - yes. Leader - of what exactly. Besides prisoner pardons and "asking" the party with the most votes to form a government, he has no authority. Do away with the office of the president NOW!

Erdogan and Abu Mazen not invited or not wanted,or not able to come?

No comment on the cost or the man etc etc but pleased it shows the happy, joyous face of Israel to the wide world. Good piece of PR Don't see this from Arab countries!

Clinton - Serial rapist. Bono - NWO lying thiving piece of garbage Barrrberra - Anti Israel Leftist bubela De-Niro - NERO anyone? And the rest of the rabble

There was such a loud public outcry about the fee for Clinton that the JNF had second thoughts and decided not to fund it.

#17. Polls show the vast majority of Israelis revere Judea and Samaria. The most important polls of all are elections. They have proven, for decades, that most Israelis love Judea and Samaria and despise the sick leftist idea of turning Israel into a 9 mile wide concentration camp.

Why so few go there, live there and invest there?

Please share and enlight us