It would be a real coup if Queen Elizabeth II of England, who four years ago conferred an honorary knighthood on Peres, was to at long last pay a state visit to Israel.

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Obama, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, it gives me great pleasure to come to Washington and pay a state visit to the United States at the beginning of the new year, at the invitation of President Obama.

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