President of the State of Israel, Reuven Rivlin and the US President, Barack Obama, during the funeral for former president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, on Friday morning, October 1

Joint List MKs Skip Peres Funeral

Knesset Members from the Joint List announced yesterday (Friday) morning that they would not be attending the state funeral for former president Shimon Peres, who died at the age of 93. “The memory of Peres among the Arab public is different from the narrative of the last few days, and I understand that complex messages…