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Michal Herzog

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli lawyer”. Today it says “israeli lawyer who has served as first lady of israel since 2021 as the wife of president isaac herzog”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli lawyer and First Lady”. It now reads “First Lady of Israel since 2021”.
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Michal Herzog ( née Afek ; born 15 May 1962 ) is an Israeli lawyer who has served as first lady of Israel since 2021 as the wife of President Isaac Herzog . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli lawyer”. Today it says “israeli lawyer who has served as first lady of israel since 2021 as the wife of president isaac herzog”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli lawyer and First Lady”. It now reads “First Lady of Israel since 2021”. Read the current article and compare.
Oct '232025
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Then

israeli lawyer

Now

israeli lawyer who has served as first lady of israel since 2021 as the wife of president isaac herzog

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