2014 Event Pope Francis invites Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to pray with him for peace; both leaders accept the invitation 2013 Event Former U.S. President Bill Clinton earns $500,000 for a speech given to honor Israel's President Shimon Peres 2012 Event In a letter on a controversy in Germany over circumcision, the President of Israel, Shimon Peres stresses that circumcision is at the core of Jewish identity 1995 Event Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres address both house of U.S. congress 1994 Event Nobel prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat 1994 Event Nobel Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres 1994 Event Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat 1986 Event Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns 1923 Birthday Shimon Peres, Israeli Labor Party leader/prime minister
