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Tuesday, January 8, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Thousands attend funeral for former defense minister Moshe Arens
Thousands attend the funeral of former defense minister Moshe Arens at his home town of Savyon in central Israel.
Attendees include Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who began his career as Arens’s protege, as well as President Reuven Rivlin and senior Likud officials.
Arens, who passed away Monday at 93, was an English-speaking aeronautics engineer and defense industry executive who served as defense minister three times, as foreign minister and as Israel’s envoy in Washington. He is widely credited with helping to develop Israel’s indigenous defense industry.
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