President Barack Obama spoke on Sept. 30 at the funeral for former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
Peres was part of the founding generation of Israeli leaders with a political career that spanned some 70 years.
Time: Read president Obama’s moving eulogy for Shimon Peres
US President Barack Obama touches the coffin of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres after speaking during his funeral at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery on September 30, 2016.
