'Erekat is not on the organ transplant waiting list'

The Ministry of Health and the National Transplant Center made clear on Tuesday that senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official Saeb Erekat will only be permitted to undergo a lung transplant in Israel under very rare circumstances.

The Yediot Aharonot newspaper reported earlier that Erekat, who serves as the PA chief negotiator, is suffering from a serious lung disease and has recently taken a turn for the worse, but is hoping that a lung transplant from Israel could save his life.