Wikipedia's first sentence called it “director general of the ministry of the environment of the state of israel”. Today it says “israeli civil servant”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Israel Peleg ( ; born June 5, 1949) was an Israeli politician who served as the Director General of the Ministry of the Environment of the State of Israel , Consul General of Israel in Philadelphia (USA) and the Director of the Government Press Office.1 After more than twenty years of service in the government he initiated and founded the Governance of Jaffa , was appointed to the board of directors of leading companies, he was the Chairman and President of H&O Fashion chain of stores. Israel Peleg was born in 1949 in Ramat HaSharon . He is married to Dr. Anat Peleg a former journalist broadcast on court and justice for 'Kol-Israel' –The Israel National Radio. Media Scholar and Director for the study of Media and Law at Bar Ilan University .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Israel Peleg (born on June 5, 1949) was the Director General of the Ministry of the Environment of the State of Israel , Consul General of Israel in Philadelphia ( USA ) and the Director of the Government Press Office. After more than twenty years of service in the government he initiated and founded the Governance of Jaffa , was appointed to the board of directors of leading companies, and in the last six years was the Chairman and President of H&O Fashion chain of stores. Israel Peleg was born in 1949 in Ramat HaSharon . He is married to Anat Peleg a journalist broadcasts on court and justice for 'Kol-Israel' –The Israel National Radio.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Israel Peleg (born on June 5, 1949) was an Israeli politician who served as the Director General of the Ministry of the Environment of the State of Israel , Consul General of Israel in Philadelphia (USA) and the Director of the Government Press Office. After more than twenty years of service in the government he initiated and founded the Governance of Jaffa , was appointed to the board of directors of leading companies, he was the Chairman and President of H&O Fashion chain of stores. Israel Peleg was born in 1949 in Ramat HaSharon . He is married to Dr.Anat Peleg a former journalist broadcast on court and justice for 'Kol-Israel' –The Israel National Radio.Media Scholar and Director for the study of Media and Law at Bar Ilan University .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Israel Peleg ( ; born June 5, 1949) is an Israeli politician, diplomat and businessperson. He served as the Director General of the Ministry of the Environment of the State of Israel , Consul General of Israel in Philadelphia (USA) and the Director of the Government Press Office. After more than twenty years of service in the government he initiated and founded the Governance of Jaffa , was appointed to the board of directors of leading companies, he was the chairman and President of H&O Fashion chain of stores.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli politician Israel Peleg ( Hebrew : ישראל פלג ; born June 5, 1949) is an Israeli politician, diplomat and businessperson. He served as the Director General of the Ministry of the Environment of the State of Israel , Consul General of Israel in Philadelphia (USA) and the Director of the Government Press Office. After more than twenty years of service in the government he initiated and founded the Governance of Jaffa , was appointed to the board of directors of leading companies, he was the chairman and President of H&O Fashion chain of stores.
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Then
director general of the ministry of the environment of the state of israel
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israeli civil servant
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