Possible Clues:

• Perhaps raise half a lira for him?
• Levantine is an artist - and a priest
• Is one King backing Hebrew?
• See member of modern state remilitarise for combat - but without remit
• Eli's air (anag)
• Middle eastern PM hasn't died
• Jewish
• A native of Haifa
• Inhabitant of a Mediterranean republic
• Labor Party member, maybe