Labor Party MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, one of the leading candidates to replace Shimon Peres as president, will undergo a kidney transplant next week, Channel 2 reported on Friday.According to the television report, Ben-Eliezer, who has been subjected to dialysis treatments three times a week, will have the operation immediately following Independence Day.The veteran lawmaker and former defense minister received the green light for the operation after a proper donor was found. The operation is not expected to harm his chances of winning the presidency. console.log("BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){console.log("BODY. YES for anyclip script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){console.log("BODY. YES for vidazoo script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }Ben-Eliezer has a history of health issues. Three years ago, he was hospitalized for a severe case of pneumonia which left him comatose for a week.
