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Benny Elon's long, strange trip
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| Contributor | Karma Policeman |
| Last Edited | Karma Policeman Nov 10, 2010 11:36am |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Author | Claire Tristram |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 14, 2003 05:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Benny Elon, Israel's minister of tourism, has a handshake as soft as butter. He is built like Santa. His voice is so gentle that you need to lean forward to catch everything he says. It is tough to reconcile the man with his reputation as one of the least tractable and most radically right of Israel's political leaders. He travels with two armed bodyguards and starts visibly at loud noises. His caution is understandable: Elon, who is also a rabbi, assumed leadership of Israel's Moledet Party in 2001 after the previous leader, Moledet founder Rechavam Zeevi, was assassinated. He and his party are committed to an Israel that stretches from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River, an outcome that Elon believes is both promised by God and made inevitable by realpolitik. It hinges, however, on a radical and polarizing notion -- that Palestinians can and should be "transferred" out of Israel. |
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