Former tourism minister Benny Elon dies at 62

Rabbi was MK from 1996-2009 for the right-wing Moledet and National Union parties By Times of Israel staff Benny Elon, an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Israeli parliament for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009, on October 2, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Benny Elon, a former tourism minister, rabbi and…