Israeli Shimon Peres lies in state

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 Following the death of the former Israeli prime minister and one time president of the Israel nation, the coffin of the 9th President of Israel, Shimon Peres, has been placed at the central Knesset Plaza in Jerusalem

Some of the political leaders who will pay their respects this morning include: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven (Rubi) Rivlin, Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein, ambassadors from around the world, mayors from across the country, international delegations coming specifically for this occasion, young Jewish and Arab participants from all of the Peres Center for Peace’s main programs, members of the Israeli Youth Movements, representatives of communities and development towns, students from schools across the country, and Israeli artists.

As part of the mourning over the death of the 9th President, the Israeli flag has been flying at half-mast at all government buildings in Israel and Israeli diplomatic missions around the world. The Israeli Knesset lowered the flag to half-mast yesterday.

Shimon Peres will be buried on Friday in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The ceremony and eulogies will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the burial ceremony will begin at noon.

The roads surrounding the Knesset have already been closed, and the roads surrounding and leading up to Har Hertzl are expected to be closed from 7:00 Friday morning.

The Israeli nation have ordered the lowering of all flag to half mask both in country side and also all through her diplomatic embassies in honour of Shimon Peres who died Wednesday at 93.

"Shimon Peres  was a political giant, a statesman who will rank as one of the foremost of this era or any era, and someone i loved deeply"- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair

"Israel has lost a leader who championed it security, prosperity and limitless possibilities from its birth to his last days of death"- Joint statement from former president Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton       

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