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Yael Dayan
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli writer and political figure”. Today it says “israeli politician and author”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli writer and political figure”. Today it says “israeli politician and author”.
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member of the Knesset Yaël Dayan ( , born 12 February 1939) is an Israeli politician and author.1 She served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2003, and from 2008 to 2013 was the chair of Tel Aviv city council. Her service on the city council ended with the 2013 election. She is the daughter of Moshe Dayan and sister of Assi Dayan .2
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israeli writer and political figure
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israeli politician and author
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