--- description: President Obama spoke Friday at a memorial for the former Israeli Prime Minister. title: Read Remarks from President Obama at Shimon Peres' Memorial image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0752634e59585e63/6988a82c524fc0fc39df9ac6/obama-peres.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read President Obama's Moving Eulogy for Shimon Peres by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2016 2:05 PM CUT  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 Sept. 30, 2016. 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 Sept. 30, 2016.Abir Sultan—AFP/Getty Images by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2016 2:05 PM CUT President Barack Obama spoke Friday 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. Read the full transcript below. --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4514543/obama-transcript-shimon-peres-memorial/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4514543/obama-transcript-shimon-peres-memorial/"},"headline":"Read President Obama's Moving Eulogy for Shimon Peres","datePublished":"2016-09-30T14:05:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:56:34.061Z","description":"\"He understood from hard-earned experience that true security comes through making peace with your neighbors\"","url":"https://time.com/4514543/obama-transcript-shimon-peres-memorial/","keywords":["Israel","White House","President Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0752634e59585e63/6988a82c524fc0fc39df9ac6/obama-peres.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0752634e59585e63/6988a82c524fc0fc39df9ac6/obama-peres.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ISRAEL-POLITICS-PERES-FUNERAL","caption":"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 Sept. 30, 2016.","creditText":"Abir Sultan—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4514543/obama-transcript-shimon-peres-memorial/","name":"Read President Obama's Moving Eulogy for Shimon Peres"}}]}] ```