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Gordon: There was an incident at a Beersheba Hospital involving a Palestinian woman terrorist who had received skin transplant treatments authorized by you. Could you describe that incident and what it illustrates about Israeli humanitarianism versus fanatic Islamic Jihadism? Eldad: I was instrumental in establishing the Israeli National Skin Bank, which is the largest in the world. The National Skin Bank stores skin for every day needs as well as for war time or mass casualty situations. This skin bank is hosted at the Hadassah Ein Kerem University hospital in Jerusalem where I was the chairman of plastic surgery. This...

Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Thursday night that he would vote against disengagement when the government votes to authorize it. According to Netanyahu, he changed his mind after the heads of the security services warned that the Palestinians view the disengagement as a retreat rather than a choice, Israel Radio reported Friday. Netanyahu said he saluted former IDF chief of staff Moshe Ya'alon and the heads of the security services who acted with courage and opposed the disengagement plan. MK Amir Peretz criticized Netanyahu's statements on Friday and said he was only encouraging Hamas. In a related matter, Vice Premier...