United States President, BARACK OBAMA is leading the pack of foreign dignitaries in the funeral service, which is also being attended by the Palestinian leader MAHMOUD ABBAS.
Meanwhile; the Palestinian leader, MAHNOUD ABBAS is accompanied by a delegation of senior officials in his first visit to Israel since 2010.
SHIMON PERES was one of Israel’s founding fathers and he died on Wednesday at the age of ninety-three.
PERES won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, along with YASSER ARAFAT and YITZHAK RABIN after signing the Oslo peace accords in 1993.
The remains of SHIMON PERES has been buried alongside YITZHAK RABIN who was assassinated in 1995.
Reports from Israel say a security crackdown ahead of the funeral ceremony led to the preventative arrests of several people.
