Avi Ben-Abraham is an Israeli-American scientist, member of the

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Politics

In 1999, Ben-Abraham was endorsed by Israel's Prime Minister

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, and won the primaries for a top seat on the governing

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party list of candidates for the

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. He was elected member of the Likud's party central committee, and was appointed as a senior adviser to Israel's Minister of Justice. Ben-Abraham served as commissioner, Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation of the State Bar of California. In that capacity he interviewed and evaluated hundreds of judges and several justices of the California Supreme Court. Appointed by the Governor and by the State Bar of

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, Ben-Abraham received his security clearance from the California Department of Justice and the FBI. He was sworn in by Chief Justice

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Human Cloning

In 2001 Ben-Abraham, along with

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, a reproductive physiologist, and

Severino Antinori Severino Antinori (born 6 September 1945 in Civitella del Tronto) is an Italian gynecologist and embryology, embryologist. He has publicly taken controversial positions over in vitro fertilisation, ''in vitro'' fertilisation (IVF) and human clonin ...

, an infertility specialist, announced their attempt at cloning the first human in an undisclosed country by 2003. The group attempted the procedure, but stated that it was unsuccessful.

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