Israel to Name Missile Defense Site After Dan Inouye

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The Jerusalem Post has this story. Excerpt:

Israel plans to name an Arrow defense missile facility after deceased former US senator Daniel Inouye for his contribution to Israel, marking the first time Israel has named a military facility after a non-Israeli.

“I knew Inouye for 30 years, and he was Israel’s greatest supporter in Congress,” Robert Asher, a former president of AIPAC, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

The ceremony is scheduled to take place on January 14 at a secret military facility, and Inouye’s wife, Irene, will be the honored special guest of the Defense Ministry. The following day, she will present the inauguration of a scholarship in Inouye’s memory at the Israel Arts and Science Academy in Jerusalem — an elite charter high school that Asher and his wife, Mary Jane, founded over 20 years ago. …

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