In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “dovish israeli politician”. Today it says “israeli politician who has served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the israeli government”.
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Yossi Beilin (born June 12 , 1948 ) is a dovish Israeli politician, a former Knesset member, deputy foreign minister and justice minister within the Israeli Labour Party . He is currently chairman of Yachad .1He is most famous for his involvement with the Oslo accords , the Geneva accords and the Israeli- Palestinian peace process in general.2
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Yosef "Yossi" Beilin ( , born in Petah Tikva on 12 June 1948) is a left-wing Israeli politician and a former Knesset member, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister and Justice Minister , representing both the Labor Party and Meretz-Yachad , of which he served as chairman between 2003 and 2006.He is best known for his involvement with the Oslo accords , the Geneva Initiative and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in general.His signed expositions on Israeli political and social current events are frequently carried in the left-of-centre daily newspaper Haaretz .
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member of the Knesset Dr Yosef "Yossi" Beilin ( , born on June 12, 1948) is an Israeli statesman and scholar who has served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the Israeli government.Much of his political career was in the Labour Party.He also served as chairman of the Meretz -Yachad political party.After retiring from political life, Beilin founded 'Beilink', a business consultancy company.He also writes opinion pieces in Israeli papers Haaretz and Israel Ha Yom.
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member of the Knesset Dr. Yosef "Yossi" Beilin ( , born 12 June 1948) is an Israeli politician and scholar who has served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the Israeli government. Much of his political career was in the Labour Party . He also served as chairman of the Meretz -Yachad political party. After retiring from political life, Beilin founded 'Beilink', a business consultancy company. He also writes opinion pieces in Israeli papers Haaretz and Israel Hayom . Beilin was a significant figure in the 1990s Israeli–Palestinian peace process .He participated in the back-channel negotiations that eventually led to the adoption of the 1993 Oslo Accords , a framework agreement to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict .
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Israeli politician Yosef "Yossi" Beilin ( , born 12 June 1948) is an Israeli politician who has served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the Israeli government. Much of his political career was in the Labour Party . He also served as chairman of the Meretz -Yachad political party. After retiring from political life, Beilin founded 'Beilink', a business consultancy company. He also writes opinion pieces in Israeli papers Haaretz and Israel Hayom . Beilin was a significant figure in the 1990s Israeli–Palestinian peace process . Then serving as Deputy Foreign Minister, he participated in the back-channel negotiations that eventually led to the adoption of the 1993 Oslo Accords , a framework agreement to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict .
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Israeli politician (born 1948) Joseph "Yossi" Beilin ( Hebrew : יוסף "יוסי" ביילין ; born 12 June 1948) is an Israeli politician who has served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the Israeli government. Much of his political career was in the Labour Party . He also served as chairman of the Meretz -Yachad political party. After retiring from political life, Beilin founded 'Beilink', a business consultancy company. He also writes opinion pieces in Israeli papers Haaretz and Israel Hayom . Beilin was a significant figure in the 1990s Israeli–Palestinian peace process . Then serving as Deputy Foreign Minister, he participated in the back-channel negotiations that eventually led to the adoption of the 1993 Oslo Accords , a framework agreement to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict .
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dovish israeli politician
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israeli politician who has served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the israeli government
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