Elihu Ben-Onn

Elihu Ben-Onn (Hebrew: אליהוא בן-און; born July 18, 1954) is a retired Israeli brigadier general, former Israel Police spokesman and a senior National Radio broadcaster, international talk-show host and journalist in Kol Yisrael.Ben-Onn was born in Jerusalem and served in the Israel Defense Forces as an officer and the assistant to the Commander of the Armoured Corps, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel.He is well known in Israel for his coverage of the Israeli Premier Soccer League and specifically for being the play-by-play announcer of the games of Beitar Jerusalem.The show has earned an honorable mention by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and won the B'nai B'rith World Centre Award for Journalism in 2006.Since 1984, Ben-Onn lectures in Jewish communities across the world about subjects related to his work as a journalist and his military background.
Brig. Gen Elihu Ben-Onn as Israeli Police Spokesman, with US President Bill Clinton , Jerusalem, December 1998.
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