ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav announced on Wednesday that he intends to run for the position of Director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir, replacing Prof. Yehuda Hiss who was ousted this week after 24 years.

Meshi-Zahav told Arutz Sheva that as the head of ZAKA he knows perfectly well what respect for the dead means. “We all know today how the public feels about the Institute. I think that only a person who respects the dead with so much experience can restore public confidence in the Institute.”