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Ayman Odeh

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab israeli lawyer and politician”. Today it says “arab israeli lawyer and politician serving as a member of the knesset”.
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Ayman Odeh ( , ; born 1 January 1975) is an Israeli Arab lawyer and politician.1 He is a member of Knesset and leader of the Hadash party. NYT, 22 September 2019 : "The Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel have chosen to reject Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ..." harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNYT,_22_September2019 ( help ) Laub 2015 . Odeh leads the Joint List, the third-largest bloc in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, and is chairman of the Hadash Party. harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNYT,_22_September2019 ( help )2

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arab israeli lawyer and politician

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arab israeli lawyer and politician serving as a member of the knesset

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