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Tzipi Hotovely

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli politician and a doctorate student at the faculty of law in tel aviv university”. Today it says “israeli diplomat and former politician has been the ambassador of israel to the united kingdom since 2020”.
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Tzipi Hotovely ( , born 2 December 1978) is an Israeli politician, who currently serves as the Minister of Settlement Affairs.1 She also has served as Minister of Diaspora Affairs and is currently a member of the Knesset for the Likud .2 Hotovely is a doctorate student at the Faculty of Law in Tel Aviv University . Hotovely practises Orthodox Judaism , and is a self-described "religious right-winger". In 2009, she was the 18th Knesset's youngest member. She chaired the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women in the 18th Knesset, before joining the government at the beginning of the 19th Knesset in 2013.3 Hotovely has been nominated by the Israeli government to be the next Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom when Mark Regev steps down from the role in summer 2020.4

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israeli politician and a doctorate student at the faculty of law in tel aviv university

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israeli diplomat and former politician has been the ambassador of israel to the united kingdom since 2020

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