International media celebrates Peres' life, achievements

The death of former President Shimon Peres Wednesday morning at the age of 93 received extensive media coverage worldwide, with numerous television stations and news websites covering the life and legacy of the man hailed as one of Israel's founding fathers.

In the U.S., The New York Times dedicated its front page to Peres, whom the newspaper called "an enduring pillar from Israel's founding era." The Wall Street Journal also featured Peres on its front page, along with a large picture and the headline "Former Israeli leader dies."

Half of USA Today's front page was also dedicated to Peres, with the headline "Shimon Peres, Israel's defense and peace leader, dies after stroke."

The Washington Post provided a more analytical description in its headline: "Israeli statesman who came of age with his country."

American television stations also dedicated airtime to Peres' passing, with some showing live coverage from Jerusalem and the press conference by Peres' family members.

CNN provided extensive coverage of his death on its website under the headline "Shimon Peres: Israel's warrior for peace dies," including several archive videos.

Fox News also ran a long story on Peres' death, detailing his life and accomplishments.

CBS News included a photo gallery in the long article on its website titled "Israel's Peres remembered for his pursuit of peace."

NBC's website had no fewer than five articles on Peres on its homepage. Along with a report on his death and selected videos, NBC reported mixed reactions from the Arab world and Israel's "huge" security challenge in carrying out his funeral.

Peres' death was also covered prominently in the U.K. The headline on The Guardian's website read "Shimon Peres, Nobel winner and giant of Israeli politics, dies at 93." The left-leaning newspaper noted that "in more than six decades of political life, his defining achievement was as one of the key architects of the Oslo peace accords, for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 with the then-Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, and Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization."

French newspaper Liberation ran the more complex headline "Shimon Peres between war and peace." The paper noted that "with a political career spanning over 60 years and a Nobel Peace Prize, Shimon Peres, the only Israeli politician to hold almost every senior ministerial office, has passed away."

Both Spain's El Pais and Kenya's Daily Nation reported on his death and described Peres as one of Israel's founding fathers.

The Times of India noted "Peres was part of almost every major development in Israel since the country's founding in 1948."

A headline in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet posed the question, "Has the hope for peace died along with Shimon Peres-" The newspaper opined that "Shimon Peres belonged to an endangered breed of politicians: Israeli leaders who believe the peace process is vital."

Australia's Sydney Morning Herald remarked that Peres "ended his years in public office as a remarkably beloved figure."

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