1. Aryeh Eldad is an Israeli physician, politician and former medical officer.
16 Facts About Aryeh Eldad
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Aryeh Eldad was a member of the Knesset from 2003 to 2013 for the National Union, and from 2012 for Otzma LeYisrael, which he co-founded.
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Aryeh Eldad was formerly a chief medical officer, and the senior commander of the Israeli Defense Forces medical corps.
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Aryeh Eldad's father, Israel Eldad, was a well-known Israeli public thinker, and formerly one of the leaders of the militant underground group Lehi.
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Aryeh Eldad is a resident of the Israeli settlement of Kfar Adumim, and was a Brigadier-General in the Israel Defense Forces.
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Aryeh Eldad studied medicine at Tel Aviv University, where he earned his doctorate.
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Aryeh Eldad served as the chief medical officer, and was the senior commander of the Israeli Defense Forces medical corps for 25 years, and reached a rank of Tat Aluf.
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Aryeh Eldad won the Evans Award from the American Burns Treatment Association for his treatment of burns.
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Aryeh Eldad is a professor of medicine, and was head of the plastic surgery and burns unit at the Hadassah Medical Center hospital in Jerusalem.
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Aryeh Eldad was first elected to the Knesset on the National Union list in 2003, and chaired the Ethics Committee.
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Aryeh Eldad even walked the few hundred kilometres between the now-evacuated community of Sa-Nur to Neve Dekalim, in order to attract attention to the opposition of the Withdrawal plan.
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Aryeh Eldad organised a counter-jihad conference himself titled "Facing Jihad" in Jerusalem the following year that included a screening of the film Fitna by Geert Wilders.
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Aryeh Eldad retained his seat as the Union won four mandates.
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In 2008, after Meretz Chairman Yossi Beilin submitted a bill to remove the Jewish settlers from Hebron, Aryeh Eldad called the proposal "racist".
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In 2008, Aryeh Eldad said he planned to introduce "anti-Islamization legislation" in the Knesset in order to "confront the enemy within and without".
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Aryeh Eldad would reveal details of the plan at his "Facing Jihad" conference the same month.