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A leader of the religious Zionist movement, Elon replaced Rehavam Ze'evi as tourism minister after Ze'evi was murdered Yotam Berger Former Israeli minister and rightist MK Benny Elon Eyal Warshavsky
Benny Elon, a leader of the religious Zionist movement and former Knesset member and cabinet minister, died on Friday at the age of 62, of cancer. He was buried later on Friday at Jerusalem's Har Hamenuhot cemetery.
"It was hard for us to see your suffering, but you accepted the agony with love and tranquility. You were hurt by the damage the disease wreaked to your worship of God, your vital work for the nation...