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The coffin of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres is carried during his funeral on September 30, 2016, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery.NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP / Getty Images

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U.S. President Barack Obama touches the flag-draped coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres during his funeral at the Mount Herzel national cemetery in Jerusalem, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016.Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press

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Tsvia Walden, the daughter of former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres, walks past her father's casket during his funeral at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery on September 30, 2016.THOMAS COEX/AFP / Getty Images

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US President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery on September 30, 2016.NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP / Getty Images

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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales wearing a 'Yalulke,' or Jewish skull cap during the funeral of Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl Cemetery on September 30, 2016 in Jerusalem, Israel.Pool/Getty Images

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This image made from video released by the Israeli Prime Minister's office shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shaking hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, at the funeral for former President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016.The Associated Press

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A still image from a video shows former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sitting behind French President Francois Hollande at the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem September 30, 2016.REUTERS TV/Reuters

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the funeral of former Israeli president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery on September 30, 2016.THOMAS COEX/AFP / Getty Images

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, former prime minister Jean Chretien, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion and Opposition leader Rona Ambrose disembark a government plane in Tel Aviv, Israel Friday September 30, 2016.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

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A portrait of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres is seen at the Israeli embassy on September 30, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.Adam Berry/Getty Images

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths sit atop a wall as they watch the funeral ceremony for former Israeli president Shimon Peres taking place at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem September 30, 2016.DYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters

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Israeli soldiers stand at attention at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016, during the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery.ABIR SULTAN/AFP / Getty Images

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Israelis queue up to pay their respects in front of the coffin of former Israeli president Shimon Peres at a plaza outside the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, on September 29, 2016 in Jerusalem.GALI TIBBON/AFP / Getty Images

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Israeli policewomen salute in front of the coffin of former Israeli president Shimon Peres at the plaza outside the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, on September 29, 2016 in Jerusalem, as people come to pay their respects.GALI TIBBON/AFP / Getty Images

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In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 file photo, Israel's former President Shimon Peres poses for a portrait at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa, Israel.Oded Balilty/The Associated Press

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