Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli journalist and columnist”. Today it says “israeli journalist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli journalist, author and television host”. It now reads “Israeli journalist, author and television host (1938–2025) Margalit in 2014”.
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Dan Margalit (born 1939 ) is an Israeli journalist and columnist .1Margalit has a Master's degree in Modern Jewish history and a Bachelor's degree in international relations . Margalit started writing for Haaretz in the 1960s . He became famous when in 1977 , while serving as Haaretz 's Washington correspondent, he revealed that Israeli prime minister at the time, Yitzhak Rabin illegally had a United States bank account. The story led to Rabin's resignation and the nomination of Shimon Peres as the Israeli Labour Party 's candidate for prime minister. Margalit has been one of the regular hosts of the Israeli Educational Television 's current affairs show "Erev Hadash" since its early days in 1982 . In 1992 he was appointed editor of Maariv by publisher Ofer Nimrodi , but he resigned about six months later, throwing accusations at the Nimrodi family. In 1996 he moderated the prime ministerial debate between Benjamin Netanyahu and Peres. During the 1990s he hosted current affairs panel shows on Israeli public television and later on commercial television. In 2001 he resigned from Haaretz and started writing editorials in Maariv . In 2003 he left public television, throwing accusations at the management of the Israeli Broadcasting Authority . Since 2004 he hosts a current affairs panel show on Israel's Channel 10. Margalit's views, as expressed in his columns, are those of the Israeli security-oriented moderate left. He has been an avid supporter of the Israeli West Bank barrier back when it was unpopular amongst the political and military establishments.2
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Dan Margalit ( , born 1939) is an Israeli journalist , author and television host .
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Dan Margalit ( , born 1938) is an Israeli journalist, author and television host.
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Dan Margalit, Radio Tel Aviv, 2014 Dan Margalit ( , born March 13, 1938) is an Israeli journalist, author and television host.
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Dan Margalit, Radio Tel Aviv, 2014 Dan Margalit ( , born March 13, 1938) is an Israeli journalist, author and television host.
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Israeli journalist, author and television host For the American mathematician, see Dan Margalit (mathematician) .Dan Margalit, Radio Tel Aviv, 2014 Dan Margalit ( Hebrew : דן מרגלית ; born March 13, 1938) is an Israeli journalist, author and television host.
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