Arie Eldad

Arie Eldad was born in 1950 in Tel Aviv

Eldad was born in Tel Aviv on 1 May 1950. His father, Israel Eldad, was one of the leaders of the Lehi underground. As a young man he presented a youth radio program on Israeli state radio and wrote radio plays.

He attended the Rehavia Gymnasium and studied medicine at Tel Aviv University through the academic reserve program. He trained in plastic surgery at Shaare Zedek and in a burns unit in London.

He served in the Medical Corps in many posts, including field hospital commander in Lebanon and in Goma, Zaire. In 1997 he became a brigadier general and chief medical officer, and he left the IDF in 2000.

He then headed plastic surgery and burns at Hadassah Ein Kerem in Jerusalem. He won the Evans Award of the American Burn Association in 1998.

He entered the Knesset in 2003 with the National Union and opposed the 2005 disengagement plan. He founded the Hatikva party in 2007 and co-founded Otzma LeYisrael in 2012, which failed to enter the Knesset in 2013. He also writes books and newspaper columns.