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At the age of 84, the president of the state of Israel has decided to embark on a world tour to spread his ideas for a future in which two states, Israeli & Palestinian, live side by side in peace. In this interview with Christiane Vulvert, he offers an inspired & poetic vision of the Middle East, even evoking a project for a canal linking the Red Sea with the Dead Sea in order to transform the desert into a fertile valley. Just as the French proposed plan for a Mediterranean Union is starting to take shape, a new chapter in the history of Israel may well be opening. After sixty years of wars & assassinations -- as well as dashed hopes & aborted agreements -- science, economic development & culture may win out over terrorism. Shimon Peres outlines this new vision for Politique Internationale against the dark backdrop of the Iranian threat, underlining his attachment to literature & to his own writing, which continues to draw its inspiration from Jerusalem & the Mediterranean. Adapted from the source document.

A speech given by Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister of Israel and Nobel Prize Laureate, at Seton Hall University on September 29, 2004. Adapted from the source document.