- Yael Dayan
MKs
Date of birth = Birth date and age|1939|12|2|df=y
Place of birth =Nahalal , Mandate Palestine
Year of Aliyah =
Date of death =
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 13th, 14th, 15th
Party =Meretz-Yachad
Former parties = Labour,One Israel
Gov't roles =Yaël Dayan ( _he. יעל דיין, born
2 December 1939 ) is anIsrael i writer and political figure.Career
The daughter of
Moshe Dayan and granddaughter ofShmuel Dayan , both politicians in Israel's early years of statehood, Yael was born inNahalal . After hernational service in theIsrael Defense Forces in which she served as a Lieutenant in the IDF Spokesman's Office, Dayan studied International Relations at theHebrew University of Jerusalem as well as Biology though theOpen University of Israel . She later married Dov Sion (now deceased) and had two children.She first made a name for herself as an author and newspaper columnist. She has published five novels as well as a
memoir of theSix-Day War called "Israel Journal: June 1967" and abiography of her father called "My Father, His Daughter".Dayan became a peace activist, joining the leadership of
Peace Now , and was also involved inBat Shalom , theInternational Center for Peace and theCouncil for Peace and Security , giving lectures around the world on the topics of peace and security.In Israel she has also been involved in Human, Women's and LGBT rights.
In 1992, Dayan was elected to the
Knesset on the Labour list and served as chairwoman of the Committee on the Status of Women. She was instrumental in pushing forward Israel'ssexual harassment law in the 1990s.Re-elected in 1996 and 1999 (as a member of
One Israel , an alliance of Labour,Meimad and Gesher), Dayan became chairwoman of the Committee on the Status of Women for a second time in 1999.She lost her seat in the 2003 elections, and left Labour to join Meretz with
Yossi Beilin . Dayan headed the Meretz list in theTel Aviv municipal elections in 2004, with the party winning 5 out of 31 Seats on council and joiningRon Huldai 's coalition. Dayan is Deputy Mayor and responsible for social services.Bibiliography
Fiction
*"
New Face In The Mirror " - 1959
*"Envy The Frightened " - 1961
*"Dust" - 1963
*"Death Had Two Sons " - 1967
*"Three Weeks In The Fall " - 1979Non-fiction
*"" (editor) - 1961
*"" (also known as "A Soldier's Diary ") - 1967
*"My Father, His Daughter " - 1985External links
* [http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=39 Yael Dayan on the Knesset website (in English)]
* [http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/English/cityhall/council/Index.htm Tel Aviv City Council members]
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