Shimon Peres - a life in pictures

From Thatcher to Ronaldo - Israel's president has met them all: Watch photos and video greetings from world leaders on Peres' 90th birthday
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World leaders wish Peres a happy birthday 
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(צילום: נתי הרניק,לע"מ)
Peres and wife Sonia (Photo: Nati Harnik, GPO)
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(צילום: מיכאל קרמר)
Being interviewed by Barbara Walters in 1990 (Photo: Michael Kramer)
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(צילום: אפי שריר)
With Yasser Arafat, Boris Yeltsin, Bill Clinton and Jordan's King Hussein (Photo: Efi Sharir)
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(צילום: נתן אלפרט, לע"מ)
Peres and Rabin, 1990 (Photo: Natan Alpert, GPO)
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(צילום: יעקב סער, לע"מ)
With Anwar Sadat and Golda Meir during the Egyptian president's visit in Israel (Photo: Yaakov Sa'ar, GPO)
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(צילום: משה מילנר, לע"מ)
With Queen of Pop Madonna (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
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(צילום: משה מילנר, לע"מ)
With Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
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(צילום: סער יעקב, לע"מ)
From Right to Left: Peres, Rabin, Hosni Mubarak, King Hussein and Arafat (Photo: Yaakov Sa'ar, GPO)
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(צילום: סער יעקב, לע"מ)
Peace treaty. With King Hussein (Photo: Sa'ar Yaakov, GPO)
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(צילום: סער יעקב, לע"מ)
With Margaret Thatcher in 1986 (Photo: Sa'ar Yaakov, GPO)
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(צילום: מארק ניימן, לע"מ)
With Hillary Clinton (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)
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(צילום: מארק ניימן, לע"מ)
With Sharon Stone on Mikahil Gorbachev's birthday in London (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)
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(צילום: יעקב סער, לע"מ)
With wife Sonia and Indian conductor Zubin Mehta (Photo: Yaakov Sa'ar, GPO)
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(צילום: יענקל'ה סער, לע"מ)
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (Photo: Yaakov Sa'ar, GPO)
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(צילום: מיכאל קרמר)
Minutes before Rabin murder. At Kings of Israel Square with Rabin and singer Miri Alon (Photo: Michael Kramer)
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(צילום: הרמן חנניה, לע"מ)
With wife Sonia (Photo: Herman Hananya, GPO)
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(צילום: סער יעקב, לע"מ)
With Barbara and George H.W. Bush (Photo: Yaakov Sa'ar, GPO)
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(צילום: אבי אוחיון, לע"מ)
With Ehud Olmert during George W. Bush visit in Israel (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
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(צילום: הרמן חנניה, לע"מ)
With Sonia, after trip to Romania, 1985 (Photo: Herman Hananya, GPO)
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(צילום: משה מילנר, לע"מ)
At Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
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(צילום: מארק ניימן, לע"מ)
Lunch with Silvio Berlusconi and Israeli singer Rita (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)
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(צילום: AFP)
With Ronaldo (Photo: AFP)
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(צילום: AFP)
With Prince Charles (Photo: AFP)
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(צילום: עמוס בן גרשום לע"מ)
2008. Knighted by Queen of England (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO)
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(צילום: נתי הרניק לע"מ)
With Yitzhak Shamir (Photo: Nati Harnik, GPO)
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(צילום: אבי אוחיון, לע"מ)
Olmert presents Peres with letter of resignation after corruption scandal (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
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(צילום: עמוס בן גרשום, לע"מ)
Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni sign Peres' guestbook (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO)
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(צילום: AFP)
Warm embrace. With Sarkozy (Photo: AFP)
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(צילום: משה מילנר, לע"מ)
With Jordan's King Abdullah in Petra (Photo: Moshe Milner. GPO)
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(צילום: יעקב סער, לע"מ)
With Rabin in 1977, after Likud wins elections (Photo: Yaakov Sa'ar, GPO)
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(צילום: יעקב סער, לע"מ)
Ahead of 1984 elections. With Yitzhak Navon and Rabin (Photo: Yaakov Sa'ar, GPO)
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(צילום: אבי אוחיון, לע"מ)
With former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
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(צילום: משה מילנר, לע"מ)
With Eli Wiesel, King Abdullah, Mahmoud Abbas and Olmert in Petra (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
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(צילום: משה מילנר, לע"מ)
With the Dalai Lama (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
Touring Jerusalem with Mayor Teddy Kollek, 1985 (Photo: GPO)
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(צילום: לע"מ)
With Mordechai "Motta" Gur and Ezer Weizman (Photo: GPO)
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(אלעד גרשגורן)
Down time with his grandchildren (Photo: Elad Gershgoren)
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(צילום: רויטרס)
With Nelson Mandela (Photo: Reuters)
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(צילום: אבי אוחיון, לע"מ)
With Ariel Sharon (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
90th birthday (Photo: Reuters)
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(צילום: אמיר לוי)
Kicking off birthday celebration with Clinton (Photo: Amir Levy)
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