Eli Ben-Dahan | |
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אלי בן-דהן | |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2013–2019 | The Jewish Home |
2019 | Likud |
2019 | Ahi |
Personal details | |
Born | Casablanca, Morocco | 11 February 1954
Eliyahu Michael "Eli" Ben-Dahan (Hebrew: אליהו "אלי" מיכאל בן-דהן, born 11 February 1954) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician. He most recently served as a member of the Knesset for Ahi and Deputy Minister of Defense. In that position, he was responsible for "pre-military training academies, hesder program which combine military service and yeshiva study, military conversion programs, legislation between Israeli law and the military rule in Judea-Samaria, and to deal with public infrastructure in Judea-Samaria".[1]
He was previously a Knesset member for the Jewish Home and Likud from 2013 until 2019, and Deputy Minister of Religious Services between 2013 and 2015.