In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the knesset for likud”. Today it says “israeli lawyer and politician who serves as deputy prime minister and minister of justice”.
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Yariv Gideon Levin ( Hebrew : יריב גדעון לוין ; born 22 June 1969) is an Israeli lawyer and politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice . He served as Speaker of the Knesset in December 2022, previously serving that role from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as a member of Knesset for Likud , and previously held the posts of Minister of Internal Security , Minister of Tourism , and Minister of Aliyah and Integration . Levin has advocated reforms to Israel's judicial branch, most notably the 2023 Israeli judicial reform . Levin has refused to acknowledge Supreme Court Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit since his appointment in 2025, in what has been branded a constitutional crisis.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Yariv Levin ( , born 22 June 1969) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud .
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member of the Knesset Yariv Gideon Levin ( , born 22 June 1969) is an Israeli lawyer and politician.He currently serves as a member of Knesset for Likud and Minister of Tourism .
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Israeli politician member of the Knesset Yariv Gideon Levin ( , born 22 June 1969) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He currently serves as a member of Knesset for Likud and Speaker of the Knesset.He previously held the posts of Minister of Internal Security , Minister of Tourism and Minister of Aliyah and Integration Gil Hoffman (17 May 2020).
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Israeli politician (born 1969) Yariv Gideon Levin ( , born 22 June 1969) is an Israeli lawyer and politician who serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice .He served as Speaker of the Knesset in December 2022, previously serving that role from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as a member of Knesset for Likud , and previously held the posts of Minister of Internal Security , Minister of Tourism , and Minister of Aliyah and Integration .
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israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the knesset for likud
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israeli lawyer and politician who serves as deputy prime minister and minister of justice
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