Sir Shimon - Peres to be knighted
Britain • October 2008 • Views: 349
Israeli president to be awarded United Kingdom’s highest honor, hailed as one of Queen Elizabeth’s knights.
Queen Elizabeth II is expected to bestow an unusual honor on President Shimon Peres in a few weeks, and name him a knight in her order.
The highlight of Peres’ visit will be a speech before both houses of the British Parliament – the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Peres is also scheduled to visit Oxford University and speak before 1,000 of its students. The president will also meet with heads of the British Academia and urge them to lift the unofficial academic ban placed on Israeli institutions.
