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summary: "Peres's rise to influence began in late 1953, when David Ben-Gurion appointed the then thirty-year-old Shimon Peres as director general of the ministry of defense."
updated: 2026-10-12
born: 1923-08-02
died: 2016-09-28
location: "Wiszniew, Poland"
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### Controversies and Covert Operations
Peres's career was not without scandal. In 1976, a telegram intercepted by [[Unit 8200]] revealed details of bribes paid by a [[Lockheed Aircraft Company|Lockheed]] representative in Israel to Defense Minister Peres. The sum involved was $3.5 million, deposited in one of Peres's brother's business accounts in [[Europe]]. This damaging information, discovered by [[Ari Ben-Menashe]], was subsequently covered up by Israeli military intelligence superiors.[^1]
Peres's career was not without scandal. According to [[Ari Ben-Menashe]], a telegram intercepted by [[Unit 8200]] in 1976 revealed details of bribes paid by a [[Lockheed Aircraft Company|Lockheed]] representative in Israel to Defense Minister Peres. Ben-Menashe wrote that the sum involved was $3.5 million, deposited in one of Peres's brother's business accounts in [[Europe]], that he discovered the telegram, and that the information was subsequently covered up by Israeli military intelligence superiors.[^1]
The 1980s brought new controversies involving arms sales to [[Iran]]. In 1980, [[William J. Casey]] invited Peres, then [[Labor Party]] leader, to participate in secret meetings concerning arms sales to Iran. Peres secretly met with [[Mehdi Karrubi]] in [[Madrid]], actions that drew sharp criticism when they came to light. When [[Menachem Begin]] learned of this unauthorized diplomacy, he warned Peres that such actions without government knowledge would be considered treason.[^1]