"The funeral reward"

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The funeral of Shimon Peres, the ninth president of the State of Israel, who previously served as Prime Minister and many other public positions, was held on Friday, September 30, 2016, in part of the nation’s great people on Mount Herzl, in the presence of a large crowd and representatives from dozens of countries.

The Death of Peres and preparations for the funeral

On September 13, 2016, Simon felt a bad reward and rushed to the medical center. In the evening, a stroke. After his condition was worse, he was decided to be asleep and fulfilled. He died on September 28, 2016, at the age of 93.

Upon the death of the prize, the flags were lowered in the expansion of the synagogue to the half. In light of the expected arrival of many delegations and leaders from around the world, special preparations were required. The Foreign Ministry announced an entry into an emergency plan and operating a state room in a special format to prepare for the complex logistical operation and to control the dozens of official delegations. At the same time, preparations for a wide-ranging security operation called “Now Tomorrow” (as the book of a 1978 award) began in Jerusalem, and in this framework a preventive arrest was made. The police defined the funeral as the largest event in Israel’s history (until the World Holocaust Forum in January 2020), since there have never been so many heads of state, presidents, and representatives from around the world at the same time. At Ben-Gurion Airport, special arrangements were made for the reception of the guests who were expected to arrive from other countries.

In the decision of the Ministerial Committee on Symbols and ceremonies headed by Minister Miri Regev, the funeral arrangements and the responsibility for its execution were placed on the center of the explanation in the management of the vacuum.

A day before the funeral, the palace of a prize from the military funeral house in Egypt, at the base of military rabbinates, and was placed in the expansion of the synagogue from the morning to the late night hours, to allow the general public to separate from it. About 50,000 people came to the synagogue and were replaced by Arro.

Joseph Avi Yair Engel was the representative of the family sent to the cemetery and recommended the family where to bury the prize. He said it was possible to bury Peres in the part of the presidents alongside Zalman Shazer, Haim Herzog and Isaac as wise or part of the prime minister alongside Isaac Shamir, Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir and Yitzhak Rabin. Finally, it was decided to hold the prize in the prime minister. The Nantes Prize in the part between the graves of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his wife to Laah, and those of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and his wife, who are vocal.

The ceremony of the

Shimon Peres' funeral started on September 30, at 9 a.m., in the Aroma journey from the entrance to Mount Herzl, where Neman. The funeral took place in accordance with the rules of the state ceremony, when the Knesset Guards carry the aroma of Persia. The ceremony is a delicate Gilad. It was broadcast live, fully or partially, at Israeli television stations and other stations, such as CNN, Fox News and France 24.

The first stage in the ceremony included the vampires, and it took place in the extension of the tomb of the Herzl State contract, and it was attended by 5,000 people. The men who covered the prize were:
President Reuven Rivlin: "I'm speaking to you today for the last time, as President of the President, as you're going to say whenever you call to strengthen and give good advice."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "It's no secret that we heard and I was political opponents, but over the years we've made friends, even close friends."
Chairman of the Knesset of July Adelstein: "I feel today that the family of Israeli citizens is not only separated from a loved family member, we are essentially separated from the beginning of the family."
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said: "He lives in a state of constant amazement from the inexhaustible potential of all of us to transcend the anger, fears, and hatred, to make the most out of today and harness tomorrow's promise."
President Barack Obama said: “When I got to work with Simon, I was the one