His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has placed a private
donation to the Israeli Peres Centre for Peace and
Innovation.
The Peres Center for Peace
and Innovation, founded in 1996 by the late President
of Israel, Shimon Peres, develops and implements impactful
and meaningful programmes with a focus on promoting a
prosperous Israel, nurturing and highlighting Israeli
innovation, and paving the way for shared-living between
all of Israel’s citizens and lasting peace between Israel
and its neighbors.
His Royal Highness has visited Israel January 2020 for his
first official visit, at the invitation of the Israeli
President, Reuven Rivlin, to attend the World Holocaust
Forum, marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The Prince has also attended the late Israeli President’s
Shimon Peres’ funeral in late 2016. He then expressed his
great admiration of President Peres’ work for peace, and
his legacy.
The Duke of Cambridge has met with the Peres Centre’s
senior staff and Jewish and Arab Children at the Centre’s
Sport in the Service of Peace programmes, during his first
official visit to Israel in 2018
Her Majesty The Queen awarded Shimon Peres the Grand Cross
of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2008 – a first
for an Israeli President.
British Ambassador to Israel said:
We were honoured to host The Prince of Wales and the Duke
of Cambridge in Israel in past years. This private
donation demonstrates the impact of those visits and the
importance of the relationship between Israel and the UK.
Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace & Innovation,
Chemi Peres said:
It is a great honour to be the first Israeli non-profit
to receive support from a member of the Royal Family. His
Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’ generosity will help
ensure that the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation
continues Shimon Peres’ legacy of building a better
future for all people. Especially in the midst of a
global pandemic, it is important to reach beyond borders
for the sake of a better tomorrow. I thank His Royal
Highness for joining hands with us.
