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Four languages via AI: The innovation of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation

The visitor center of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation has been made accessible with transcriptions in four languages using Verbit’s AI-based technology.

The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation
Relatives mark hostage Romi Gonen's 24th birthday at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa. August 18, 2024.

Family of Gaza hostage Romi Gonen mark her 24th birthday at Peres Center

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG is briefed on the security situation as he looks out at Lebanon from Metula.

Grapevine June 2, 2024: Views from Metulla

 Recipients of the awards at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, February 28, 2024.

Peres Center awards female heroes of October 7 and the Hamas war


Peres Center honors women heroes of October 7 with medal of distinction

The ceremony aims to highlight the courage, initiative, and resilience of women who have made significant impacts on the battlefield, and throughout Israeli society amid the ongoing conflict.

 The modernist building that houses the Peres Center for Peace & Innovation in Jaffa.

Peres Center announces ‘GamAni Prize’ in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The Gam Ani Prize is designed to honor women and men who have shown exemplary leadership in various facets of the fight against breast cancer.

 Gam Ani's "GamAni Running Club" initiative embodies a national community-driven effort that unites women engaged in the battle against breast cancer.

Monument to Shimon Peres erected in Belarus on his 100th birthday

The monument stands in the courtyard of the house where Shimon Peres was born in his hometown of Vishnyeva, Belarus.

 Shimon Peres in 1996.

Soccer body FIFA supports two Israeli sports programs

FIFA renewed its support for a Peres Center for Peace and Innovation program, while for the first time awarding a grant to NPO "The Equalizer."

 Children in the Peres Center's sports projects.

Noa Kirel among those honored by Peres Center on International Women’s Day

Kirel joined Dana International and twelve other outstanding Israeli women who were honored for their efforts for women's rights.

 Noa Kirel receives her Medal of Distinction at the 2023 Peres Center for Peace & Innovation's Awards on Tuesday.

A visit to the Shimon Peres Center: You might learn something!

It is only possible to explore the Peres Center on a guided tour, which takes about 90 minutes and can be booked online.

 The modernist building that houses the Peres Center for Peace & Innovation in Jaffa.

Israel Latin America Network (ILAN) expands to US, Costa Rica, Chile, Guatemala and other countries

Awards were given to key groundbreaking figures with a global reputation who have promoted relations between Israel and Latin America in the areas of health, quality of environment, economy and tech.

 Award recipients

Uri Savir, central peace negotiator in Oslo Accords, passes away at 69

Diplomat and foreign policy leader Uri Savir passed away at age 69 this past weekend. He was one of the head negotiators of the Oslo Accords and worked side by side with Shimon Peres for years.

(From left to right) Jordan’s King Hussein, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Uri Savir

JNF Canada, Peres Center, SNC and KKL-JNF launch climate prize

"Climate Solutions Prize" will award climate innovation across two vectors: researchers and startup companies, with more than $2 million in incentives to develop and bring their solutions to market.

Climate Solution Prize leadership team

Grapevine December 3, 2021: The Lithuanian legacy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 JUDAICA COLLECTOR Zeev Zelig (L), Lithuanian Ambassador to Israel Lina Antanavičienė (C), and Schatz House manager Jimmy Lewensohn light the Hanukkah candles on Monday night.

EU, Peres Center, Frontier RNG hold roundtable on desertification

The topic in question is especially relevant, as desertification has worsened in recent years due to climate change reducing rainfall and making air hotter and drier.

 A camel seen at the Sahara Desert.