Wikipedia's first sentence called it “deputy-president of the supreme court of israel and chairman of the central elections committee”. Today it says “israeli jurist who served as a judge of the supreme court of israel”.
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Eliezer Rivlin, 2010 Eliezer Rivlin ( Hebrew : אליעזר ריבלין ; born May 28, 1942) is an Israeli jurist who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Israel . Since 2006 until his retirement Eliezer Rivlin was the deputy-president of the Supreme Court of Israel and was chairman of the Central Elections Committee for the 2009 Legislative elections . Rivlin was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2000. He became deputy-president in 2006. He serves on the advisory board of the Florida Journal of International Law, a law journal published by the University of Florida Levin College of Law . ריבלין אליעזר [Rivlin Eliezer]. Florida Journal of International Law .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Eliezer Rivlin (Hebrew: אליעזר ריבלין, born 28 May 1942) is the deputy-president of the Supreme Court of Israel and chairman of the Central Elections Committee . Justice Rivlin was appointed to the supreme court in 2000, and became the deputy-president at 2006. Justice Rivlin also serves on the advisory board of the Florida Journal of International Law, a law journal published by the University of Florida Levin College of Law .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Eliezer Rivlin, 2010 Eliezer Rivlin ( ; born May 28, 1942) is an Israeli jurist who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Israel .Since 2006 until his retirement Eliezer Rivlin was the deputy-president of the Supreme Court of Israel and was chairman of the Central Elections Committee for the 2009 Legislative elections . Rivlin was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2000. He became deputy-president in 2006. He serves on the advisory board of the Florida Journal of International Law, a law journal published by the University of Florida Levin College of Law . ריבלין אליעזר . Florida Journal of International Law .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Eliezer Rivlin, 2010 Eliezer Rivlin ( ; born May 28, 1942) is an Israeli jurist who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Israel . Since 2006 until his retirement Eliezer Rivlin was the deputy-president of the Supreme Court of Israel and was chairman of the Central Elections Committee for the 2009 Legislative elections . Rivlin was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2000. He became deputy-president in 2006. He serves on the advisory board of the Florida Journal of International Law, a law journal published by the University of Florida Levin College of Law . ריבלין אליעזר [Rivlin Eliezer]. Florida Journal of International Law .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli jurist (born 1942) Eliezer Rivlin, 2010 Eliezer Rivlin ( ; born May 28, 1942) is an Israeli jurist who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Israel . Since 2006 until his retirement Eliezer Rivlin was the deputy-president of the Supreme Court of Israel and was chairman of the Central Elections Committee for the 2009 Legislative elections . Rivlin was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2000. He became deputy-president in 2006. He serves on the advisory board of the Florida Journal of International Law, a law journal published by the University of Florida Levin College of Law . ריבלין אליעזר [Rivlin Eliezer]. Florida Journal of International Law .
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Then
deputy-president of the supreme court of israel and chairman of the central elections committee
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israeli jurist who served as a judge of the supreme court of israel
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