Exhibit 23.3

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Certified Public Accountants and Consultants
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                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To Board of directors
Plantex-U.S.A, Inc.

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form F-3 of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. of our report dated
January 17, 2001, with respect to the financial statements of Plantex-U.S.A,
Inc., for the year ended December 31, 2000 (which financial statements were not
separately included in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.'s Annual Report),
included in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's Annual Report on Form 20-F for
the year ended December 31, 2002.

/s/ Ehrenkrantz sterling & Co. LLC.

Livingston, New Jersey
December 11, 2003

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