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Also Known As Yitzḥak Yizernitsky • Yitzḥak Jazernicki • Yitzḥak Ysernitzky • Yitzḥak Yezernitzky
Born October 15, 1915
Died June 30, 2012 (aged 96) • Tel Aviv–Yafo • Israel
Title / Office foreign minister (1980-1983), Israel
Political Affiliation Likud

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