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Contents 1 Shimon Peres is not a member of Kadima 1.1 Maybe now he is 2 Shimon Peres a fighter? 3 Intro 4 Awards and interests 5 Emigration to Israel

[edit] Shimon Peres is not a member of Kadima

he is indeed a great supporter of Ariel Ahron and his new party, but, how strange it would be sound, he is still a member of the Labor Party (Haavoda), now it goes into a legally problem and also turn to discussions in israel.

Ho, please fprgive me abput my poor english, i promise to try to getting better

I understand your English very well. Peres resigned from the Knesset three days ago, on January 17, 2006. He was a member of the Labor-Meimad-Am Ehad faction. He has been replaced by the Labor MK Weizman Shiry. He may be on the Kadima list for next elections, if this is legally feasible. There are some restrictions on quitting one party and joining another immediately; this is why he resigned from the Knesset. Regards, gidonb 14:45, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maybe now he is

The official Kadima list for the election, published a day or two ago, has Peres on it (as Number 2.) If he is now officially a candidate of Kadima for the Knesset, doesn't that mean he is now a member of that party? This will affect not just this article but a couple of others I have noticed, all of which hedge on whether Peres is a "member," such as saying he is a "supporter of Sharon and Olmert but not a member" or "not officially a member." Isn't he now, officially, a member? I am not sure, exactly, how one becomes a member or non-member of a party in Israel. 6SJ7 16:58, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Technically, Peres is a member of Kadima. You are invited to make all the necessary changes. Please keep in mind however that much of the data on Peres is historical data and so far he was prime minister and minister on behalf of Israeli Labor (in different alliences) and MP of Labor and Rafi. As of now, Kadima should refer only to his current personal alliance. Peres has resigned the Knesset in order to be able to run for the next one representing Kadima. Thank you for offering to make the changes! gidonb 17:08, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shimon Peres a fighter?

Did Shimon Peres actually participate at any time as a combat soldier during the 1947-1949 Arab-Israeli War? I'm just wondering if he did.

No. Peres never participated as a combat soldier. However, he was instrumental is procuring arms for Israel in 1948/1949 through diplomatic channels in Europe.

Thank you very much for answering my question. I appreciate it.

[edit] Intro

I reorganized the intro because it had become sort of a jumble of current and past events, and the fact that he is a former Prime Minsister was getting pushed further and further down. Therefore, I created a one-sentence lead paragraph that makes clear that he is a former PM and current Cabinet member, then a second paragraph dealing with his party status and a third stating when he served as PM and other stuff. As with all current Israeli politicians, other parts of the article also need to be rewritten/edited now that dust has settled from the creation of Kadima, the illness of Sharon and emergence of Olmert, and finally the elections and installation of a Cabinet on May 4. I have edited the intros (and some in the article bodies) for Tzipi Livni and Amir Peretz (and now the intro from Peres) but there are still a lot of Israeli-politics articles that need attention now. 6SJ7 17:11, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Awards and interests

"He is fluent in Hebrew, English, Polish and French."

I believe he is fluent in yiddish as well.--84.228.249.24 02:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Emigration to Israel

I have made a brief amendment to the intro, where it formerly stated that Peres moved to Israel in 1934. This would have been miraculous, as the state of Israel did not come into existence until 1948! JulesVerne 17:06, 24 January 2006 (GMT)