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Rifaat Turk
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli of palestinian heritage or arab-israeli former football player and manager and the current deputy mayor”. Today it says “israeli former footballer”.
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Rifaat " Jimmy " Turk ( Arabic : رفعت ترك ; Hebrew : רפעת טורק , nicknamed Jimmy the Rocket, born 16 September 1954) is an Israeli former footballer, manager, and Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv . Turk was the first Arab to play for the Israel national team and to represent the country in football at the Olympic Games . The Jerusalem Post . : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link )
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israeli of palestinian heritage or arab-israeli former football player and manager and the current deputy mayor
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israeli former footballer
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