"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak were pushing ahead with their plans to attack Iran."

There was little love lost between the settlement leadership and Peres in the last 23 years.

Peres was prime minister at the time of Pollard’s 1985 arrest.

In a phone call with Jewish community leaders Clinton spoke of Peres, her recent meeting with Netanyahu and wished American Jewry a happy and healthy new year.

Abbas to attend funeral, not meet Prime Minister. More than 70 nations send delegations.

President Reuven Rivlin calls Peres a true visionary, patriot, and a "man of deeds" who worked tirelessly for the Jewish State.

Shimon Peres died universally beloved, but he spent a political eon as the punching bag of political rivals, ideological enemies and social discontents.

While the two exchanged pleasantries at the funeral, Abbas expressed desire to meet and Riviln spoke of building confidence.