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Veteran Israeli Politician Ben Eliezer Dies Aged 80
Source: Associated Press
Veteran Israeli Politician Ben Eliezer Dies Aged 80
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Aug 28, 2016, 2:59 PM ET
Binyamin Ben Eliezer, a veteran Israeli politician who held several top government posts and often served as a bridge to the Arab world, died Sunday. He was 80.
Israeli media reported that he died at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital after a long illness.
Ben Eliezer, known affectionately by his original Arabic first name, "Fuad," was born in Basra, Iraq, in 1936 and moved to Israel in 1950.
He joined the Israeli military in 1954 and served as a commander in the Mideast wars that followed. He retired in 1984 with the rank of brigadier general and entered politics.
Ben Eliezer was a prominent member of the dovish Labor party and served in senior ministerial positions including defense, trade and communications. He held the defense post at a particularly difficult time, at the height of the second Palestinian intifadah, or uprising, in 2001 and 2002.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Aug 28, 2016, 2:59 PM ET
Binyamin Ben Eliezer, a veteran Israeli politician who held several top government posts and often served as a bridge to the Arab world, died Sunday. He was 80.
Israeli media reported that he died at Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital after a long illness.
Ben Eliezer, known affectionately by his original Arabic first name, "Fuad," was born in Basra, Iraq, in 1936 and moved to Israel in 1950.
He joined the Israeli military in 1954 and served as a commander in the Mideast wars that followed. He retired in 1984 with the rank of brigadier general and entered politics.
Ben Eliezer was a prominent member of the dovish Labor party and served in senior ministerial positions including defense, trade and communications. He held the defense post at a particularly difficult time, at the height of the second Palestinian intifadah, or uprising, in 2001 and 2002.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/veteran-israeli-politician-ben-eliezer-dies-aged-80-41701692
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