Israeli surgeon disinvited from remote appearance at Lebanese medical conference after complaints

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Director of the Rafic (Rafiq) Hariri University Hospital, Firass Abiad, heads a videoconference meeting with medics inside the coronavirus department in the capital Beirut, on July 28, 2020; illustrative (photo credit: ANWAR AMRO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2500,w_3906/729732" title="Director of the Rafic (Rafiq) Hariri University Hospital, Firass Abiad, heads a videoconference meeting with medics inside the coronavirus department in the capital Beirut, on July 28, 2020; illustrative (photo credit: ANWAR AMRO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)" />
Under Lebanese law, it is illegal for Lebanese individuals to communicate or have contact with Israelis under the 1955 Anti-Israel Boycott Law and the Lebanese Penal Code.

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