 Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor responded to the "Lancet" report by criticizing Gilbert for "spreading vicious lies".In statements to Associated Press Palmor claimed, "Dr. Gilbert is notorious for his radical far left opinions and his systematic demonization of Israel.He has already accused Israel of almost every nightmarish crime in the book only to ignore the refutation of every one of his allegations", adding, "His stories are worthy of Dante's imagination but have been proved time and again to be far removed from reality.