Shimon Peres: 1923-2016 (51 images)

Israeli President Shimon Peres departs after speaking at the second annual global Facing Tomorrow Conference in Jerusalem on October 20, 2009. UPI/Gali Tibbon/Pool

A file handout photo dated January 31, 1963, provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, shows Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Shimon Peres meets Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin in Israel. The elder statesman Shimon Peres died at the age 93 on September 28, 2016, at a Tel Aviv hospital. Peres was Israel's ninth president, defense minister, foreign minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and was known as a man of vision and action. Photo by Israeli Government Press Office

A file handout photo dated December 10, 1994, provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, shows L-R, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin holding the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. The elder statesman Shimon Peres died at the age 93 on September 28, 2016, at a Tel Aviv hospital. Peres was Israel's ninth president, defense minister, foreign minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and was known as a man of vision and action. Photo by Israeli Government Press Office

A file handout photo dated January 29, 1958, provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, shows Israeli leader David Ben Gurion (L) and Shimon Peres (R) meeting in Israel. The elder statesman Shimon Peres died at the age 93 on September 28, 2016, at a Tel Aviv hospital. Peres was Israel's ninth president, defense minister, foreign minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and was known as a man of vision and action. Photo by Israeli Government Press Office