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Israel Peleg

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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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director general of the ministry of the environment of the state of israel

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israeli civil servant

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