PERES: Israel has shown, in the past, it was ready. SHAYS: In good conscience, I can, as long as it results in good results. ANNOUNCER: Live from CNN in Washington, this is "Late Edition" with Wolf Blitzer. As mentioned, his net worth is estimated to be $2 million as of 2020 as per Biowikis. 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. We'll be right back. I wish it would be a reality. Also See: The Net Worth and Personal Life of Indian-British actress Meneka Das. Because here in the United States, you know, Israel is a very close ally of the United States. He knows perfectly well the Palestinians are divided in two parts. Let me refer to something you wrote on November 12th: "It is something ordinary Iraqis say with growing intensity, even as they agree on little else. THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. You wrote a whole book about this, that there was wishful thinking, a state of denial. 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 Iraqi prime minister acknowledged that the reason that the violence is continuing is because the Iraqis have not reached a political settlement. He met this past week with President Bush and Vice President Cheney here in Washington. BLITZER: You served on the Intelligence Committee, until now. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. At the subsequent White House lawn signing in September 1993, Peres nudged a reluctant Rabin to shake hands with Arafat an image that went round the world. "If the Iraqi government does not make substantial progress toward the achievement of milestones on national reconciliation, security and governance, the United States should reduce political, military or economic support for the Iraqi government." After constanting watching you on CNN, I found my true hero. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Hier and Trank say that they interviewed Obama in Washington, D.C., in mid-July. He is a graduate of Hunter College. 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. It leaves out energy independence. Frequent antisemitic raids undermined Vishnevas patina of autonomy. That's just to say, if you will -- it's my term, not theirs -- having broken this society by toppling Saddam Hussein, tyrannical as he was, the assumption of moral responsibility that the United States has to somehow see Iraq through. SHAYS: I think there should be dialogue behind the scenes to get to a point where we can have public dialogue. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. They were dismayed when in 2009 he defended Israels continuing attack on Gaza. 2. And the X factor in all of this is Bob Gates. Given the problem of settlements, it was, he quipped, an attempt to turn an omelette back into eggs. Seeing his dedication and hard work towards his responsibilities as a producer, Shimon was transferred to its New York headquarters. In Houston, James Baker; he was the secretary of state under the first President Bush. 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." And whatever effort outsiders do and support us with that, we welcome any effort and any initiative. But your minister of strategic affairs, Avigdor Lieberman, said this on Thursday. Fox News host Tucker Carlson kept it classy as usual on Monday night, describing CNN reporter Shimon Prokupecz as a "midget with the microphone.". With me now, two reporters who followed the war from the very beginning. One of the CNNs most popular TV personalities, 40-year old Shimon Prokupecz, is quite active on several social media networks such as Twitter, on which he regularly posts updates regarding his professional career, which has been followed by more than 30,000 followers. He currently serves as the crime and justice reporter for CNN's Washington bureau. He negotiated directly with Arafat, turned the Gaza and Jericho First proposals agreed at the White House into reality, drafted the 1994 Paris Protocol of Israeli-Palestinian economic relations, promoted regional summits and in 1995 sealed Oslo II (an agreement to restore Palestinian rule to six major West Bank towns). Peres served as Ehud Olmerts deputy premier after Kadima convincingly won elections in 2006. I'm Wolf Blitzer in Washington. SHAYS: She was doing a great job. Im not going to share that at the moment., A post shared by Shimon Prokupecz (@shimonpro) on Aug 15, 2014 at 9:09pm PDT. Have you ever wondered how much wealth this American reporter and journalist has accumulated so far? It was her choice. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: Your Eminence, thanks very much for coming in. And here in Washington, Lee Hamilton, the former Democratic congressman from Indiana, currently the director of the Woodrow Wilson Institute for Scholars. Nic, what's the latest? (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: President Bush, sparring with reporters this week about the war and his reaction to the Iraq Study Group. Many of his followers might not know that he accidentally became a reporter, as Prokupecz wanted to be a lawyer. And the last one is you need a diplomatic effort in the neighborhood. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Welcome back to "Late Edition." Do you agree with him or disagree with him? Look, Iraq is where -- it's an oil-rich nation. 1996 - Founds the Peres Center for Peace. And this government is taking care of security. BLITZER: How much? All the same, Peres campaigned well into his 80s. SHAYS: Well, I mean, they can make that point, and it's fair, and they should. Many people here in Lebanon fear that there is a dangerous sectarian divide separating these rival camps, and that while there has just been one protester killed during the past week, in an isolated incident, given the levels of security with the masses of armed troops, armed security police, and coils of barbed wire around the prime ministry complex of Fouad Siniora, where at least half a dozen of his cabinet ministers are holed up, very grave concerns that this deepening deadlock bodes ill for the near future of Lebanon. Until tomorrow, thanks very much for watching. And it was given to the parliament, and the parliament voted on it. 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. Unlike holiness, he told David Frost, politics is built on compromise. BLITZER: Correct me if I'm wrong, but before you were re- elected, Congressman, you wanted more troops deployed to Iraq, along the lines of what Senator John McCain and others are suggesting? The constitution says that -- it just declared the federation, and it was voted on, and it's not up to our council. Virtually across the board, Israeli editorials spoke of a national sigh of relief in recognition of a long-maligned yet irreplaceable figure. HAMILTON: Well, we want a unified Iraq. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". However, that government is pledging to hold firm against these continuing protests, accusing the Hezbollah-led alliance of trying to mount a coup, using the momentum of the street to topple the Siniora government. I'm increasingly BLITZER: The Iraq Study Group rejected that notion. We have a right to take ours. And they're not going to let a government form in Iraq which is only Shia or only Kurd or a combination of the two. She has filed a number of exclusive interviews for RT, including with Israeli president, Shimon Peres, Lebanese president Emile Lahoud, Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniye and South African president Jacob Zuma. So, clearly, that's part of what we need to do. The problem is, there is a two-party situation among the Palestinians. BLITZER: And they're under-reporting it, apparently, the U.S. government, as well, the level of violence. Likuds ill-fated Lebanese war of 1982 allowed Peres to tap into national unease. It doesn't set a firm timetable, except to say, in '08, they should be substantially out. Facts of They don't like it. He's going to be getting a lot of recommendations in the next few days. July 21, 2016 - Lays the cornerstone for the Israeli Innovation Center at the Peres Peace House in Tel Aviv, together with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Personal: Birth date: August 15, 1923 (some sources say the 16th) Death date: September 28, 2016 Birth place:. BLITZER: Can you in good conscience support $2 billion a week -- a week -- to continue this war in Iraq? January-November 2005 - Vice premier of the Knesset (Parliament) and senior deputy prime minister of Israel. There's no area of the world that caused us more heartburn than the Middle East over a period of years. He had first met King Hussein in 1974. Lee Hamilton, thanks very much for coming in. The Iraq study group and its blunt criticism of the war and the president's policy set off a political uproar here in Washington this week. Stay right here. (CNN Espaol) -- Si Estados Unidos reelige al presidente Joe Biden en . PERES: I don't see the change of heart. So, I mean, as a wish, I'm all for it. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: Accept it all or, basically, don't accept it? 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. They haven't been confronting that issue. Less charitable souls felt that his overvaulting ambition had once again trumped his principles. BLITZER: Because you know, a lot of Democrats, Jane Harman, would much rather have you spend, over the next year, $100 billion for health care or Social Security or other health issues, related issues, than spend the money in Iraq. In 2009 Peres served as national host for Pope Benedict XVIs visit to Israel. Now that they're going to share the oil equitably -- or that's what they said yesterday -- I think that's a very healthy sign that this may be their choice for how to move. This is a comprehensive strategy designed to deal with this problem we're facing in Iraq but also designed to deal with other problems that we face in the region. And in 2006, he left Labour, his home for five decades, to help Sharon set up his powerful new breakaway faction, Kadima. BLITZER: Brent, we'll watch it closely with you. BLITZER: You don't think the U.S. should demand that they first stop supporting terrorist organizations? Israel gained the Palestinian-populated territories of Gaza and the West Bank in the 1967 war an acquisition that was to change its politics more profoundly than was realised at the time. HARMAN: I'm talking about semi-independent regions. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. (modern). (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: Prime Minister Peres, thanks very much for joining us. And something dramatic is going to have to be done. That's why I ask these questions, to give you an opportunity to reassure the American public that you don't stand with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on that sensitive issue. And can he regain confidence on Capitol Hill? Then he slashed Israels inflation rate from 450% to 16% by forcing the Histadrut labour confederation and big business into a national compact. He should know it. I don't think we should divide up Iraq. And I think we could be out sooner. The first one was Rumsfeld leaving. Here is one recommendation which represents a direct pressure point on your government, the government of Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki. CNN anchor Jake Tapper joins the world in mourning . He's a former CIA director, a realist. After having some experience in legal work, Shimon shifted his career towards journalism and reporting, regarding which Prokupecz worked as a producer on NBC flagship stations virtual channel WNBC. There are parts of this world that need more of our attention. 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. Incremental doesn't work anymore. We say that you change in the primary mission of our forces, an enhanced and more active and vigorous diplomatic offensive. SHAYS: Yes. In the event, Barak sabotaged his rivals virtual candidacy, only to lose at the polls himself. 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. And people say, "Oh, no, it can't be done." The Shiites are worried about the constitutional review that the Baker-Hamilton group wants. HARMAN: I think we have to be very tough with both countries. All the urban areas have a mixed population. HAMILTON: That's right. Shimon is mainly praised for his report on Justice Departmental charges against Senator Robert Menendez, the 2016 Pulse Nightclub Shooting, President Trumps cases of wiretapping. What is your reaction to that? 1948 - Appointed head of Israels Naval Services. Stand by, because we're going to continue this conversation. In our opinion, that approach is no longer viable. BLITZER: The other sensitive issue that people want to know your position is on, because this has come up often, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's rejection that there was a Holocaust. If they want us to leave, we'll leave. His case, I assume, is going to proceed, if it is. If you can talk with ayatollahs, God bless you. BLITZER: Here's what the report says: "The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq," your organization, "seeks the creation of an autonomous Shia region comprising nine provinces in the south. The true legacy of Shimon Peres is as the dove who gave cover to Israels hawks. In the Iraq Study Group report, the Arab-Israeli conflict is seen as inextricably linked to the situation in Iraq. He fashioned alliances with France in the 1950s, and planted the seeds for Israels embryonic electronics and aircraft industries. [1] In 2013, he joined CNN as their Crime and Justice producer based in Washington, D.C. and later New York City. BLITZER: Back in 1978. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): This is not up to us. Pinochet, perhaps the most controversial and notorious of the old Latin American military dictators. President Carter is a man of fact. He ought to read the report before he makes those kind of suggestions. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Welcome back to "Late Edition." Turkey and Japan supported his valley of peace initiative for economic revival and joint industrial projects in the West Bank. Further details may exist on the, "Shimon Prokupecz Crime and Justice Reporter", "Divided, They Stand, Russian youths try to fit in", "CNN reporter threatened with trespassing after grilling Uvalde police chief", "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Shimon Prokupecz, CNN crime and justice correspondent", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shimon_Prokupecz&oldid=1132493988, This page was last edited on 9 January 2023, at 03:53. We're going to take a quick break. Your prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said the other day -- he said this. It does not look like a realistic objective. July 24, 2014 - His term as president ends. The following year, by now Israels longest serving parliamentarian, he left the Knesset to contest the presidency. BLITZER: Well, he said he's actually read the whole report. Where other Israeli politicians grudgingly accepted a Palestinian state as inevitable, only Peres argued in Le Monde that it was necessary for Israels future. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: Strong words from the former president of the United States. Failing in Iraq, which we are doing, not correcting the course, is not going to help us anywhere else in the world and not going to help our BLITZER: So you think the U.S. can still win? The dialogue with Iran will be a 100-percent failure, just like it was with North Korea. As late as November 2015, his health now failing, he insisted that Israel faced eternal war if there was no Palestinian state. SHAYS: Well, first off, very little time. 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. PERES: The shah, the first king in history that liberalized Israel and was for immigration to Israel was Cyrus, the emperor of Iran, of Persia. All of us are for it. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BUSH: I thought we would succeed quicker than we did. By 1953, aged 29, he was director of the entire defence ministry, an office he held until 1959. This article about a United States journalist born in the 1970s is a stub. Everything we saw on our trip to Baghdad, everyone we talked to agreed with that. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: This is "Late Edition," the last word in Sunday talk. But this depends on the opinion of the military and security experts and the political experts in this, to decide what is the right step for that and what is the timetable for that. And joining us from Iraq, Baghdad bureau chief for the New York Times, John Burns. 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. And to do it effectively would take years. BLITZER: All right, gentlemen, stand by, because we have a lot more to talk about. And so, clearly, staying the course is wrong. Bob Woodward and John Burns with more on their special insights from here in Washington and Baghdad. 2:41. AL-HAKIM (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): I would like also to express my gratitude for giving me the opportunity to talk to your viewers. And he's right, you can't pull out instantly, or perhaps you can't set a timetable. The couple married in 1945 after Sonia had served as a nurse and driver with the British Army in Egypt. And the key point, I think, is where they say it has to be conditional. Likud warned: Peres will divide Jerusalem. Arab states feared that his dream of a borderless Middle East spelled Israeli economic colonialism by stealth. What's your reaction? Yet support haemorrhaged for a government blighted by scandal and economic malaise. He certainly brought a touch of aesthetic philosophical discrimination to the world of politics. And what's happening on the ground is partition. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (NEWSBREAK) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Welcome back to "Late Edition." It is dedicated to dialogue, cultural, economic and youth initiatives, and healthcare assistance to Palestinians. A strongman BLITZER: But for this administration to say, you know what, forget about democracy; let's put a Tito (LAUGHTER) or someone who's powerful, who can unite the Shia and the Kurds and the Sunnis with an iron fist, that's not exactly in line with what the president has been saying. For the first time this day, there have been counter-protests in the North, in the important Sunni Muslim town of Tripoli. He negotiated directly with Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, on behalf of a taciturn Netanyahu. (END VIDEO CLIP) BLITZER: Highlights from the other Sunday morning talk shows here on "Late Edition," the last word in Sunday talk. But when it comes to the whole national decision, we make our national decision on our own, without the interference of outsiders. And that's one of the main purposes of our suggestion, not that there be a conference but that there be meetings of all of the countries neighboring Iraq, meetings sponsored by the United States and the government of Iraq, and meetings, by the way, that Prime Minister Maliki has supported. BLITZER: Do you want to react to that? Many of those mixed Shia-Sunni neighborhoods are no longer mixed. HAMILTON: Yes. Kurdistan in the North -- Kurdistan -- if you fly into Kurdistan and you have a passport, they stamp it with a visa that says "Kurdistan." Israel has enough troubles of her own. She became a source of strength to him in private and an enigmatically deferential figure in public. Peres meanwhile became a vice-president of the Socialist International in 1978. Welcome to Washington. Yes, we're encouraged. The withdrawal of the American forces at a time when the Iraqi forces are still poorly trained is bad. And it's very hard to discern, anywhere in the political class here, a strongman. Miraculously, their enmity turned to partnership, with Peres, the foreign minister, as the engine and Rabin, the prime minister, as the gears and brakes (or so Peres later described it). Today, we are going to discuss his fortunes, career, early life, and many more. Here is one of the conclusions, Chris Shays, of this Iraq Study Group report. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BAKER: I hope we don't treat this like a fruit salad and say, I like this, but I don't like that; I like this, but I don't like that. SHAYS: To get to the ultimate result you have to go into areas you don't want to to get to that final result. Both of our reporters, Pulitzer Prize winners. BLITZER: Because you could imagine, with $100 billion over the next year, what you with could do domestically with that kind of money. PERES: At that time, more or less, yes. Israel Mourns Political Giant Shimon Peres; Palestinians React to Death of Shimon Peres; One of Last Doctors in Aleppo on Life Under Siege; The Toy Smuggler of . In his career so far, Shimon has covered several of nations most groundbreaking stories such as the shooting of 18-year old African-American boy Michael Brown in 2014, raising charges against Senator Robert Menendez, as well as the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting when the security guard killed 49 and wounded 53 people in the gay nightclub Pulse. A preview of Blitzer's interview aired on CNN's. HAMILTON: We don't want a precipitous withdrawal either. BLITZER: Because, as you know, Congressman Hamilton, a lot of your Democratic colleagues, former colleagues, in the Congress, they think it's over right now, and it's just imperative to get these American troops out of Iraq as quickly as possible, including John Murtha, who's been saying that at least for a year now. Qu opina la ciudadana de que Biden busque la reeleccin? And, frankly, I think there should have been more than just a description of what happened, but some people should have been held accountable. And I'm not surprised that the president would like that sort of a deal. Before joining RT, Paula was a senior reporter and anchored breaking news and special events for the South African Broadcasting . One of my Iraqi friends said to me, "OK, the United Nations says 3,700 Iraqis died in October, civilians." Peres repeatedly called Abbas a serious and true partner for peace, even admiring the courage, if not agreeing with the timing, of Abbass 2012 UN bid for Palestinian statehood. BLITZER: How angry are you at the speaker-to-be, Nancy Pelosi, for deciding you should not be the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, even though you were in line to become the chair? We simply cannot pick up and leave. And I agree with that. He's been to Iraq 15 times, more than any other U.S. lawmaker. document.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); Type above and press Enter to search. We've got to put pressure on the Iraqis to do exactly that. We'll be right back. He averred that he had changed his position, not his beliefs. It seems like it's not much better now. I don't think the American people want their sons and daughters to continue to be sent to Iraq to referee sectarian violence between different sects in Iraq. BLITZER: But was Israel willing to give up all of the Golan Heights? I've not met many people here, Iraqi or American, who think it is. In 1957, he successfully lobbied the French government for a nuclear reactor, and established a hi-tech intelligence unit, Lakam, whose operatives served him in future clandestine ventures. One political, which Abu Mazen, or Abbas, as they call him, is having BLITZER: Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority? I also believe we're going to succeed.
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