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Yisrael Beytenu MK Esterina Tartman Dies at 68

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC · How we work

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Yisrael Beytenu MK Esterina Tartman died at age 68 on Wednesday.
She served in the Knesset from 2006 to 2009 during 16th and 17th sessions.
Tartman chaired Yisrael Beytenu’s faction and sat on the Knesset and Control committees.
In 2007 she withdrew from a tourism-minister nomination after academic resume discrepancies emerged.
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman posted condolences; she is survived by four children, cause not reported.

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Yisrael Beytenu MK Esterina Tartman died at age 68 on Wednesday.
She served in the Knesset from 2006 to 2009 during 16th and 17th sessions.
Tartman chaired Yisrael Beytenu’s faction and sat on the Knesset and Control committees.
In 2007 she withdrew from a tourism-minister nomination after academic resume discrepancies emerged.
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman posted condolences; she is survived by four children, cause not reported.