Dignitaries began arriving for a funeral that is expected to be Israel's largest since that of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Peres' partner in peace who was slain by a Jewish nationalist in 1995. In contrast to an outpouring of grief from Western leaders, Arab leaders have remained largely silent over Peres' death. Israeli Arab leaders, whose community Peres championed, were also conspicuously quiet. "Rest in peace President Shimon Peres, a man of war and a man of the still elusive peace in the Middle East," he tweeted. Peres created his non-governmental Peres Center for Peace, which raised funds and ran programs for cooperation and development projects involving Israel, the Palestinians and Arab nations.

Source: ABC News September 29, 2016 05:45 UTC