JERUSALEM — Moshe Arens, a former Israeli defence minister, foreign minister and an early political mentor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died Monday. An engineer by training, the American-raised Arens was instrumental in developing Israel’s military and aircraft industries and served three stints as the country’s defence minister. Moshe Arens, a former Israeli defence minister, foreign minister and an early political mentor to Benjamin Netanyahu, has died. After completing his engineering degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology, Arens settled in Israel permanently. Arens served as foreign minister and twice as defence minister under Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.

Source: thestar January 07, 2019 12:00 UTC