The most obviously qualified person to fill this vital role is former defense minister Moshe Arens.

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Following Sarid's self-congratulatory modesty, Yediot gave former defense minister Moshe Arens and Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau a sound bite apiece to lash out at the withdrawal.

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Hence the suggestion by Moshe Arens, until recently defence minister, that an anti-missile shield should be extended to friendly countries nearby: Jordan or the Palestinian Authority (neither of which has expressed any interest) or Turkey.

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