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Rivals gloat as newspaper reveals MK lied about having a Master's degree
By: Israel Insider staff and partners   
Published: February 27, 2007   
 
Designated Tourism Minister Esterina Tartman was met with another hurdle after Yedioth Ahhronot newspaper exposed that claims that she holds a Master's degree in economy are false.

The report said that the Israel Our Home Knesset member did participate in several courses in economics, however these courses were held in an institute that does not grant official academic degrees.

Tartman's biography in the Israel Our Home official website originally stated that she held a "Master's degree in economics and marketing from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem."

After Tartman was asked to comment on the discovery, the text was changed to "Business administration Master's degree studies."


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