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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=264349
Israeli Geneticist, in Qatar, Wins TV Debate
(Jerusalem Post) Judy Siegel-Itzkovich - Prof. Ohad Birk, a leading geneticist at Soroka University Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University, appeared in Qatar on a "Doha Debates" TV program dedicated to consanguinity - inbreeding by first cousins that causes genetic disorders in the Arab population. Birk, who was presented as an Israeli geneticist, said he was treated very warmly by the production staff and by the live Arab audience. At the end of the debate, 80% voted in favor of discouraging inbreeding by close relatives.