Making history: Israel's first deaf Member of the Knesset - World Jewish Congress

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Making history: Israel's first deaf Member of the Knesset

Member of the Knesset Shirly Pinto made Israeli history by becoming Israel's first-ever deaf lawmaker. Earlier this week she gave her inaugural speech from the Knesset podium in sign language and vowed to advance disability rights in Israel. 

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