ISRAEL- World Leaders Attend Former Israeli leader 'Mr Peres' Funeral (Photos)

       Nobel Peace Prize winner died at the age of 93 and funeral is set to be the largest in Israel for 20 years. World leaders including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and Prince Charles all in attendance.

     In a eulogy Mr Clinton called Peres a 'wise champion of common humanity' and 'Israel's biggest dreamer'.Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is also at the funeral - his first visit to Israel since 2010.

     Mr Peres' body was lying in state outside Israel's parliament and it was laid to rest on Mount Herzl.
    The city's biggest security operation for at least two decades is underway with 8,000 police and soldiers lining the streets as the country's former prime minister is laid to rest.  Mr Peres, who helped set up the post-war Israeli state, died on Wednesday aged 93, two weeks after a major stroke.
     The statesman was later awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1994 with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for signing the Oslo Accord in the hope a two-state solution would bring peace to the region.
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