After what was revealed last year about Kissinger's attitude towards Israel and Jews- why would the government award him anything. It mocks the award itself. This is what he said: “If they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern,” Context cannot change that.

how can Kissinger be considered for such a prize?! He has done irreparable damage to Israel!

Foolishly elevates, honors and lauds an undeserving particularly disgusting as well as anti Zionist individual, while deflating, dishonoring and reducing to rubble the original nature of the award. It is now just another bit of tin and cloth, in a nice box. Maybe there will be a posthumous spare for Yassir Arafat.

Nixon over ruled him. Kissinger wanted Israel to bleed more so they would make greater concessions. Not a very friendly act.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpMuH0FYmCk

I would suggest that Peres go play with his marbles, but plainly he lost a few.

Why not describe Zubin Mehta’s support and spreading of good will for Israel? What is he; chopped liver?

Most of us know him , and his work

referred to the Israelis as "Those bastards" when he spoke to his boss, Dick?

Throughout his career, Kissinger back-stabbed and despised Israel. Now documents and transcripts have been revealed which prove his deep hatred towards Israel and Golda Meir. Shimon Peres should be hospitalized for an urgent psychological and psychiatric evaluation. What a spineless imbecile. I feel ashamed he is the face of Israel others see!

Kissinger delayed in re-supplying Israel during the Yom Kippur War. He pressured Israel relentlessly to withdrawal. He does not deserve to be honored in this way.

excuse me while i go barf!!!!! maybe goebbels or eichmann or even arafat can be awarded too. they did just as much for the jews as kissinger.

Nixon had to overrule Kissinger to resupply Israel with weapons in 1973.

would march on the President's House and demand that peres leave. He should be locked up and never heard from again. What is wrong with a democracy that allows a few knesset members to elect a president? We do not need a president and we do not need peres. If we have an elected Prime Minister, then we do not need a president that is not elected by the people. We also need the older generation to retire already. And enough with awards to people in politics.

The man who helped facilitate the deaths of thousands of israelis in october 1973 Yom Kippur war because he helped prevent Israel from executing a premptive strike.

Kissinger did not save Israel he almost destroyed her. He is responsible for killing more Israelis than any other person. He forced Israel to take the first blow on the first day of the war even when Israel knew the war was coming. Why does it not surprise me that Peres is involved.

Good old Shimmon never misses a beat in his foolish behavior. He would hand out this medal to Athillah the hunt , Rasputin, Pol Pot and other great jerks if they were still alive. Another proud day presented by our ever blundering Herzelist Zionists.

It a shame that we have such a cr-p as a president

What don't the critics read the incredible work that the other five honorees have done for Israel and the Jewish People, instead of concentrating on the negatives of Kissinger?

How can Israel justify giving a Presidential medal to the likes of Heinz Alfred Kissenger considering he did more harm than good to the country?He not only tried to hold back much needed weapons during the Yom Kippur war so Israel could "bleed a little" he also told President Nixon If they put Jews into gas chambers in Russia it's not an American concern.If this is who Israel gives medals to than it's worthless.

All these "awards" industries are created to keep people in check; just ask Napoleon who really was the 'Master of all Rewards Ceremonies'. Had he lived long enough, the whole democratic system we've established since his passing, will never happened, not the way its started to be......till in our backyard, a failed Statesman Peres is coming up with a new bone of contention, filled with future strife as to who among the various ethnic groups that live in Israel, has had the advantages of being AWARDED the Meritt of so and so, last year, this year..you got the idea. A reward is a superfluous sign to any human being who did what was done, not in pursuit of being distinguished bearer of an award, but as a part of a civil society. Nobel Prize has a connotation that something was done to better humanity, and not to better a State. This new award is exactly typical of the man who conceived it, plain a donation to his imortality; as it was with Napoleon.

How can this Judenrat be given a prize for anything related to Judaism?! He made his feeling about our people perfectly clear on those Nixon tapes.

I agree, but it would have been nice to give him equal time nonetheless.

Well said Rich. Kissinger deserves nothing. He was Nixon's lackey and brought the same dishonor to the Jewish people that Nixon brought to the United States. It's time the Jews stood up and said it like it is, instead of engaging in this revisionist crap!

Really? What do you expect from Peres? Not much different from Obama.