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Dov Khenin

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Israeli politician ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Dov Boris Khenin ( ; born 10 January 1958) is an Israeli politician, political scientist and lawyer who served in the Knesset as a member of the Joint List . He was a member of the central committee of Maki (the Israeli Communist Party ), which is the largest faction within the Hadash party. He is also an activist for socio-economic equality, and an environmentalist. Throughout his tenure in the Knesset until his resignation in 2019, Khenin was the sole Jewish member of the Knesset from the Joint List.

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