Obama, Clinton in Jerusalem for Shimon Peres’ burial

World leaders gathered in Jerusalem on Friday as former Israeli leader, Shimon Peres, was laid to rest.

The funeral, which held at Mount Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery in Jerusalem, had in attendance President Barrack Obama; President Bill Clinton; President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Francois Hollande.

Also at the funeral were former British Prime Ministers David Cameron and Tony Blair; former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy and John Kerry, US secretary of state.

Peres, the 9th president of Israel, served between 2007 and 2014.