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Portrait of Aryeh Eldad

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Aryeh Eldad

Israeli physician, military officer and politician

b. 1950age 76Living

Aryeh Eldad headed the plastic surgery and burns unit at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center and served as a senior Israel Defense Forces medical officer before entering politics. He sat in the Knesset from 2003 to 2013 for the National Union, then co-founded and represented Otzma LeYisrael, carrying a career built on treating the wounded into a long run on the nationalist right.

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