Guys, thanks very much for coming in. Ever since the state of Israel was created in 1948, Shimon Peres, who has died aged 93, was at or near the centre of action . BLITZER: It seems like that violence is escalating. The other side, there is Hamas. I'm Wolf Blitzer in Washington. And we are trying to propose here not just a solution for Iraq but a comprehensive, diplomatic strategy that would begin to deal with all of the problems in that region. One thing that's been sure here, from the very beginning, is that there are unexpected developments on the ground. And conditionality, by way of our aid to the Iraqi government, can make a difference, it can help us succeed. If you can talk with ayatollahs, God bless you. Your prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said the other day -- he said this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If we were to fail, that failed policy will come to hurt generations of Americans in the future. Pinochet, perhaps the most controversial and notorious of the old Latin American military dictators. Many of those mixed Shia-Sunni neighborhoods are no longer mixed. And I will help them stay in Congress and help keep our majority in 2008. Regards, Paul LaGreca 2, Your email address will not be published. He was used to playing the long game. Shimon sports a slim and toned figure, featuring a height of 5 ft 8. Though he conceded that Arab leaders saw his creation, Israels secret Dimona plant in the Negev Desert, as a worrisome fuzzy deterrent, Peres the politician enjoyed creating such deliberate ambiguities. The Sunnis will not accept a Shia-led government by itself if they're shut out of the deal and don't have a fair deal. After completing his graduation, Shimon was recruited as one of the paralegals in his hometown Brooklyn District Attorney Office. So you have the Kurdish leader, the Shiite leader both rejecting your recommendations or at least key aspects of your recommendations. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Welcome back to "Late Edition." I'm Wolf Blitzer in Washington. Please be sure to join us again next Sunday and every Sunday for two hours, starting at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. The former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, dead, CNN has now confirmed, at the age of 91, at a military hospital in Santiago. And I think we had an earthquake on November 7 when the Republicans were removed from power over the Iraq and corruption issues. ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM, UNITED IRAQI ALLIANCE LEADER (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): I would like also to express my thanks to you, to allow me -- to give me the opportunity to talk to the Washington people. And those secret reports that I have in the book and report on go to the president. And the key is that she wasn't being partisan. PERES: Right. But your minister of strategic affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, said this on Thursday. CNN anchor Jake Tapper joins the world in mourning . SHAYS: And that's because they haven't been dealing with reconciliation. July 15, 2007 - Takes office for a seven-year term. And to entice the Syrians, it said this: "In the context of a full and secure peace agreement, the Israelis should return the Golan Heights, with a U.S. security guarantee for Israel that could include an international force on the border, including U.S. troops, if requested by both parties." An earlier version said that Peres was survived by his wife, Sonia. And in 2006, he left Labour, his home for five decades, to help Sharon set up his powerful new breakaway faction, Kadima. But all of these leaders talked to us and said, "We want a unified Iraq." Hamas is against anybody and everybody who is not religious in their sense, who is modern. March 2001 - Is appointed deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs in Prime Minister Ariel Sharons newly formed National Unity Government. As mentioned, his net worth is estimated to be $2 million as of 2020 as per Biowikis. Shimon Peres: He was a warrior for peace 'You are only as great as the cause you serve' Why Israel will miss Shimon Peres Addressing reporters Wednesday from Sheba Medical Center outside. Their mutual respect was clear from the outset. And there should have been a realization -- and this is one of the points of my book -- that there is a truth here on the ground that has not been absorbed in the strategy and the tactics. BAKER: Yes. The Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, dead, according to wire service reports. Similar charges resurfaced in 2005, when he left Labour to co-found Kadima with Sharon, barely a month after losing the Labour leadership to an outside candidate, Amir Peretz. Your name, Shimon is the name of the son of Jacob. HARMAN: I think we have to be very tough with both countries. September 22, 2014 - Releases a comedic YouTube video, So Now What? The video depicts the former president trying out a variety of new jobs including pizza deliveryman, gas station attendant, supermarket cashier and airport security guard. To speak bluntly, Shimon shined in his career as CNNs crime and justice reporter. SHAYS: No, no, I don't think there should be. But when it comes to the decision, of course, and it's conditional that they don't just take the decision-making from us. That's another reason why we have to get the Iraq problem behind us. And then it had a front page, you saw, "Surrender Monkeys." Shimon Prokupecz is popularly known for serving as the crime and justice reporter for CNNs Washington Bureau, where most of his work is related to FBI related stories as well as law enforcement issues. Remember Middle East peace? After honing his skills in legal work, he later put some effort towards journalism and reporting, and joined the NBC flagship stations virtual channel WNBC as its producer. Thanks very much to both of you for coming in. So I would not be trying to encourage a division. The segment included clips of CNN reporter Shimon Prokupecz covering the anti-vaccine demonstrations in New York City, saying protesters, which included healthcare workers, feel the mandate. "This Week in War," with our John Roberts, coming up at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, right after "Late Edition." One parts wants to make this -- we promise to help and support the Palestinian state, to give practically all of the land back. BLITZER: Here is what the Iraq Study Group recommended this week: "As part of a solution to the crisis in Iraq," it said, "there must also be a renewed commitment by the United States to a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace on all fronts: Lebanon, Syria, and President Bush's June 2002 commitment to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine." Bob Woodward, a lot of people are also suggesting, and this is implied in what John just said, that it's going to get worse before it gets even worse in Iraq. And, as Lee said, it's understandable, I think, that the Kurds, who would like their own independent state, might have some problem with some of the things we suggest in there, which is to support the president's vision, this current administration's vision, of an Iraq that can sustain itself, defend itself and govern itself, and that the Shia in the south might want their own state. Peres, Amirs other intended target, was just metres away. It seems like it's not much better now. The acrimony between them deepened, and probably exacerbated Palestinian frustration. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Of course we would like to see the American forces withdraw, allied forces withdraw as soon as possible. HAMILTON: Well, it doesn't surprise me that the Sunni leader wants us to stay there, because right now the American forces are protecting the Sunnis. Shimon Peres was a leading figure on Israel's political landscape for as long as the Jewish state itself has existed in modern times. Listen to this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TONY BLAIR, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: I think we've got to plan to succeed. Large numbers there, smaller than here in downtown Beirut but no less politically significant, Wolf. Elaborate on what you were writing. Now, he knows Israel for apartheid -- can a Jewish person be for apartheid? By arthur January 15, 2023. In 2013, Shimon joined CNN as a justice producer. But Yugoslavia is the right model here. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". BAKER: Thank you, Wolf. We'll tell you what he has to say. The problem is not so much how to build a Palestinian state on the side of the state of Israel but how to unite the Palestinians. WOODWARD: No. Shimon Peres, statesman, born 1 August 1923; died 28 September 2016. BLITZER: Chris Shays, Jane Harman, let me congratulate both of you on being re-elected. Should these recommendations have been made a year or two ago? The House Ethics Committee came out with a report saying that members and staff were negligent, not protecting underage congressional pages, but no one is going to be charged, no one is going to be accused of any flat-out wrongdoing. But the truth of the matter is, America has a huge problem here. You also come when the Iraq Study Group has issued its report, making recommendations to the president. And then, you know, we know in our business that deadlines matter. But BLITZER: President Bush rejects it as well. Thanks very much, Bob, for coming in. NIC ROBERTSON, CNN ANCHOR: Well, Wolf, very surprising reaction from Iraq's Kurdish president, Jalal Talabani, a staunch ally of the United States, criticizing the Iraq Study Group's report, saying it undermines the sovereignty of Iraq. No sooner had the media written him off as a serial loser than he would pop up again as a saviour in a time of crisis. Besides these, some of other Shimon Prokupeczs highlights include the Trump Tower wiretapping allegations in 2016, with the current president of the US Donald Trump, accusing his predecessor Barack Obama of wiretapping his phones during the presidential campaign, as well as covering and reporting on alleged Russian meddling in the US Presidential Election. 1996 - Founds the Peres Center for Peace. Brent Sadler, our Beirut bureau chief, is right in the center of the action. But if the reality on the ground gives us that and it's somebody that we can deal with, maybe that's where we're going. When I was there last year with General Abizaid, it was clear to me that the United States did not have a good understanding of the insurgency, of the sectarian violence. We'll be right back. A 1996 graduate of Port Neches-Groves High School, Aaron brings more than 20 years of broadcasting experience to Channel 6. BLITZER: Are you aligned with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, as this Iraq Study Group alleges? All the same, Peres campaigned well into his 80s. I think it's a danger. Because you met with him; you heard his public statements. But the Syrians are connected with Hezbollah. But Israeli fury at persistent terrorism prompted demonstrations against the Rabin-Peres administration. But you need something that people will say, "Oh, this is a change, and this has a chance of working." What do you think Shimon Peres' legacy will be? In 2007 Katsav resigned in disgrace amid charges of sexual improprieties, and Peres was elected president in his stead. BLITZER: He said, "We must also be prepared to deal alone with this problem. Former Israeli president Shimon Peres a life in pictures, Mahmoud Abbas plans to attend Shimon Peres funeral in Jerusalem, Shimon Peres, Nobel winner and giant of Israeli politics, dies at 93. Peres completed the book in the weeks prior to his death. Stay with "Late Edition." And we're also following all of today's other important news. Shimon Prokupecz. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): It's not out of control, because this government is controlling everything. Then they have to decide if they still want us. You've got three groups, three large groups there -- Kurds, Sunnis and Shias -- and there's a real movement ahead, picking up, to shut out the Sunnis. I do not believe that the American people want to extend $8 billion a month to Iraq, to a government that is not doing enough to stop killing in Iraq. For his part Hussein blamed Peres for leaking their secret talks. So why should we monopolize it? Is this accurate? June 19, 2011 - Urges peace talks with the Palestinians and warns the United Nations against recognizing Palestine as an independent state outside of a peace plan. He negotiated directly with Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, on behalf of a taciturn Netanyahu. His own chief of staff, Andy Card, two years ago, recommended that Rumsfeld be replaced because of some of the problems identified in this report. A lot more to talk about. 12:27 PM EDT, Sun August 5, 2018. The Iraqis are starting to do that. The center aims to showcase Israels technology achievements and encourage entrepreneurs and start-ups. That's a part of national reconciliation. BLITZER: We're going to get to that shortly. That's a prescription for ongoing war. And in 2013 he delivered a video interview beamed from Jerusalem to a security summit in Abu Dhabi for 29 foreign ministers of Arab and Muslim countries. I'll read it, specifically. Shimon, living the life of a reporter, has to be in front of the camera most of his time. Israel has penetrated and occupied, confiscated and colonized major portions of the territory belonging to the Palestinians. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Welcome back to "Late Edition." Give us your sense of what, if anything, this Iraq Study Group is going to accomplish inside Iraq. We obviously blew it on the WMD problem. And the X factor in all of this is Bob Gates. CNN's Wolf Blitzer sat down today with former Israeli President Shimon Peres to discuss a potential cease-fire, the peace process and more. We'll get to my interview with Congresswoman Jane Harman and Congressman Chris Shays in just a moment. In 1969 Peres was charged with developing these areas, and absorbing new eastern European immigrants. Let me read one of the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group: "By the first quarter of 2008, subject to unexpected developments in the security situation on the ground, all U.S. combat brigades not necessary for force protection could be out of Iraq." After leaving the presidency in 2014, Peres continued work for his peace centre. And John, let me start with you. But now it's time to move things forward. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): This is not up to us. BLITZER: Are you encouraged or discouraged, Congressman Hamilton -- because we only have a few seconds left -- by the initial response from President Bush? I am a child of the generation that lost one world and went on to build another, Peres once wrote. They talk about the rotation system. He was the son of Abraham. The 9th President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres , . BLITZER: Let's talk a little bit about this book by former President Jimmy Carter entitled "Palestine Peace, Not Apartheid." AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Everyone who understands, it's his right to understand whatever. SHAYS: Let me just make the point: We cannot fail in Iraq, because if we fail in Iraq, we fail in Iran, we fail in Lebanon, we fail elsewhere. How rich Shimon Prokupecz is? There is no provision in here for a blanket withdrawal. And the other is religious: Hamas. Peres thus won the dubious privilege of becoming Labours first-ever opposition leader. And now, in case you missed it, let's check some of the highlights from the other Sunday morning talk shows here in the United States. BLITZER: Secretary Baker, I suspect, also, because I've spoken with other Kurdish leaders, that they don't like your notion of having an international conference in which all of the regional neighbors of Iraq would be involved because, as you well know, and as Congressman Hamilton well knows and our viewers know, the Kurds have no great love for Turkey and they certainly don't want Turkey playing a role in the future of northern Iraq, which in effect, has become an autonomous Kurdistan. No more budgeting by supplemental. And you could really have a very, very chaotic situation which would be very detrimental to American interests. He calls the study group's report unjust, unfair, and dangerous. HARMAN: I'm talking about semi-independent regions. Shimon caught the publics attention for declining to reveal details about the attackers appearance stating: Police know who he is. They're standing by, live. They look for domination of the Iranians, the Hamas and the Hezbollah, over the Middle East, religiously. In his later years, he was passionate about the borderless worlds of science and technology. Yet support haemorrhaged for a government blighted by scandal and economic malaise. Days later he found himself at the centre of an unseemly row with the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan at the Davos world economic summit as a result. The first one was Rumsfeld leaving. Israel later promised that it would not introduce atomic weapons into the region at my urging, wrote Peres. His career began as a paralegal at the District Attorney's Office in his home town. Shimon Peres. He's going to be getting a lot of recommendations in the next few days. We'll talk to two key House members, Democrat Jane Harman and Republican Christopher Shays. U.S. officials say Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of the largest Shiite political party in Iraq, has enormous influence in the shape of a future Iraq. "This Week at War," with John Roberts, right after "Late Edition." This time Peres was the liberal brake to Sharons determinedly rightwing engine. We also don't understand the culture. He called it unworkable. We are failing in Iraq. He calls leaving so many U.S. military trainers training the Iraqi army undermines its sovereignty. He said that this report, he points out it's bipartisan, that it may be the basis for common ground. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. It could be a prescription for a wider regional war. And by the way, Wolf, you showed just before we came on that clip of what's going on in Lebanon. The state funeral seemed to offer a moment of transition for a country that has drifted away from the leaders vision. In 1995, Yigal Amir assassinated Rabin at a peace rally. SHAYS: Well, first off, very little time. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Is this a good idea? By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. It does not look like a realistic objective. A longtime foe of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Peres now persuaded Rabin to consider talks with the PLO leader Yasser Arafat. You come at a momentous time to Washington. BLITZER: The secretary, former secretary of state James Baker, the co-chairman of the Iraq Study Group, had this advice this week about -- for the president, in terms of accepting the recommendations, the 79 recommendations of the panel. And without him, I'm not sure if Camp David would take place. PERES: Yes, but I'm even more surprised listening to it. BLITZER: All right. It doesn't surprise me that Hakim wants to exclude the Sunnis. Ever since the state of Israel was created in 1948, Shimon Peres, who has died aged 93, was at or near the centre of action. "The festival of Sukkot is a festival of kinship and mutual responsibility." (President Peres, Sukkot 2012) Peres became leader of the Hanoar Haoved (Working Youth) Zionist movement when he was 19, and founded Kibbutz Alumot in the Jordan Valley. WOODWARD: Well, he was not there for the war, and so he's going to make a fresh assessment of it. Im not going to share that at the moment., A post shared by Shimon Prokupecz (@shimonpro) on Aug 15, 2014 at 9:09pm PDT. What's your reaction? The Defense Department and the intelligence community have not invested sufficient people and resources to understand the political and military threat to American men and women in the armed forces." And so, you know, we're in a situation, really, where there has got to be some strategic realignment. I think that's a good idea. Kurdistan in the North -- Kurdistan -- if you fly into Kurdistan and you have a passport, they stamp it with a visa that says "Kurdistan." Among the numerous biographies of him are Matti Golans Road to Peace (1989) and Michael Bar-Zohars Shimon Peres (2013). Shimon Prokupecz is popularly known for serving as the crime and justice reporter for CNN's Washington Bureau, where most of his work is related to FBI related stories as well as law enforcement issues. WOODWARD: Sure, obviously. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: I just want to repeat the news we've been reporting. PERES: Well, we have time maybe to take a shorter time. Note: This page is continually updated as new transcripts become available. World leaders bid farewell to Shimon Peres. Their breakaway Rafi party proved unsuccessful, winning only 10 seats, and in 1968 Rafi rejoined Labour, as did Peres, who became its deputy general secretary. A preview of Blitzer's interview aired on CNN's. A little reality test here. From here, it looks much more like a proposal, like many others in the report, that was designed to bind up wounds in Washington, D.C. than to bind up wounds here in Iraq. With hindsight, Peress decision not to call immediate elections was an error. It will go (inaudible) to terroristic organizations. And how will the U.S. Congress respond? Then you would have a broader-based civil conflict, you'd have a region-wide war. Fox News host Tucker Carlson kept it classy as usual on Monday night, describing CNN reporter Shimon Prokupecz as a "midget with the microphone.". And another typhoon hits the Philippines. Rabin resigned in April 1977 and Peres was prime minister for barely a month before Menachem Begins Likud demolished Labour at the polls. BLITZER: We've got to leave it there, unfortunately. His books included The Next Step (1965), Davids Sling: The Arming of Israel (1970), Entebbe Diary (1991), The New Middle East (1993), Battling for Peace (1995), The Imaginary Voyage: With Herzl in Israel (2000) and Ben Gurion: A Political Life (2011). We have to contain Iraq. And we will welcome them as visitors to our country. In 1959 Peres was elected to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, for the ruling Mapai party (forerunner of Labour) and immediately became deputy defence minister. Another one: "By the first quarter of 2008, subject to unexpected developments in the security situation on the ground, all U.S. combat brigades not necessary for force protection could be out of Iraq." BLITZER: Congressman Hamilton, right after the president met with Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, arguably the most powerful Shiite politician in Iraq right now, and he made it clear he disagrees strongly with several of your key recommendations, including this notion of bringing in these regional players, of the neighbors. But the ball has to move here. Frequent antisemitic raids undermined Vishnevas patina of autonomy. BLITZER: But even as we speak, those mixed areas are being unmixed, if you will. Also See: The Net Worth and Personal Life of Indian-British actress Meneka Das. I wish it would be a reality. After the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, he bound together a shattered nation. They have a right to take their position. 2023 Cable News Network. How do they feel about this? I mean, they will have read those first 50 pages of the Baker- Hamilton report as closely as you and I and everybody else did. We say that you change in the primary mission of our forces, an enhanced and more active and vigorous diplomatic offensive. And he won an election fair and square, so far as I know. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. I mean, without them, the Palestinians would have already a state a long time ago. In other words, the study group recommends a much more assertive U.S. involvement. No wonder Orly Azoulay titled her 1996 biography of him The Man Who Didnt Know How to Win. I'm not sure. We need to understand our friends in the Middle East better. Secretary Baker, here's a question our viewers want to know: Is it worth it right now, given what you, yourself, point out in your report, $2 billion a week it's costing U.S. taxpayers, already nearly 3,000 Americans killed? You wrote a whole book about this, that there was wishful thinking, a state of denial. We're cutting that time in half, so that Iraqis patrol the streets, not Americans. Shimon Prokupecz is an American journalist and TV personality He is of American nationality and white ethnicity He currently serves as the crime and justice reporter for CNN's Washington bureau His career began as a paralegal at the District Attorney's Office in his home town His net worth is estimated at $2 million. CNN suspended Griffin, who worked with former CNN star Chris Cuomo, a "New Day" anchor from its inception in 2013 until he launched his primetime show in 2018. BLITZER: It's interesting, Secretary Baker, that a lot of the criticism here in the United States, domestically, of your report not coming from Democrats but from the conservative element, especially among your fellow Republicans. Listen to what he said. BLITZER: Bob, I want to pick up on something that you spoke about, the new, incoming defense secretary, Robert Gates, to succeed Donald Rumsfeld, who made a surprise visit to Baghdad in Iraq this weekend. He should know it. http://www.gettyimages.com/license/542268238An archive portrait taken on January 22, 1981 in Paris shows Israeli Labor Party leader Shimon Peres. And he also doesn't want Sunni Arabs from. The Iraq study group talked up its bipartisanship, its single voice and unanimous findings. Lee Hamilton, thanks very much for coming in. Now, to talk with Iran, we have had relations with Iran, different Iran. Secretary Baker, always a pleasure having you on "Late Edition," as well. HARMAN: No, I think the U.S. cannot win on this course. But our support is conditional as well. De Aung San Suu Kyi a Juan Manuel Santos, el Premio Nobel de la Paz se ha concedido al menos seis veces en las ltimas tres dcadas a personas cuyo reconocimiento ahora se cuestiona. (CROSSTALK) BLITZER: Secretary Baker, go ahead. The fact that it's being shot at from the right and the left shows me that it's pretty sound. But it is time to change our strategy. And in that 120 days, we want to see what you're going to do." Shimon Peres addressing members of the Foreign Press Association during a visit in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, 2014. HARMAN: We don't need independent countries, I don't believe. And quite frankly, the whole future of Iraq depends upon whether or not the Iraqi government can effect a program of national reconciliation between Kurds, Shia and Sunni. Peres chided Bibi for 111 days of verbiage, and held on as party chairman until Barak ousted him in 1997. All Rights Reserved. He also opened a good fence border crossing with Lebanon, revitalised the IDF after the near-humiliation of the 1973 war, allowed legally questionable settlements on the West Bank, and masterminded the daring rescue of hostages from Entebbe in 1976. Actually, we have had a full agreement with the Syrians. They had to start again after the first year. PERES: Back in 1978. It's not going to be solved by those kinds of comments and editorials. Do your job, as Bill Belichick would say! President Carter is a man of fact. The problem is not Iran, not the Iranian people. And if they do not meet those milestones, then we recommend a reduction in military or political or economic aid. PERES: At that time, more or less, yes. This is a way forward with an effective proposal that takes into account the political environment in Washington, keenly split, the political environment in Iraq, also split; permits us and the Iraqis to join together as a way to conclude this war while protecting the American interest.
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