After 20 years of absence from the Knesset, 64-year-old Senta Josephtal returned last week to the Knesset bench as an Alignment Knesseter in the place of the late Zvi Gershuni. Josephtal, the tenth woman in the Knesset, is the widow of the late Giora Josephtal who was one of the leaders of Mapai and served as Housing Minister before he died. Senta Josephtal represents the Labor Party in the Histadrut Central Committee.
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