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Itzik Shmuli

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli politician who was elected as a labor party member of the knesset in the 2013 general election”. Today it says “israeli politician who served as the minister of labor”.
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Itzik) Shmuli ( Hebrew : אִיצִיק שְמוּלִי ; born 8 February 1980) is an Israeli politician who served as the Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Services and as a Member of the Knesset on behalf of the Israeli Labor Party ; formerly chairman of National Union of Israeli Students , and one of the leaders of the 2011 Israeli social justice protests . Shmuli currently serves as UJA-Federation of New York 's Director-General in its Israel office.

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israeli politician who was elected as a labor party member of the knesset in the 2013 general election

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israeli politician who served as the minister of labor

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