Yael Dayan (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yael Dayan is an Israeli politician and author. She served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2003 and is currently a member of Tel Aviv city council. Dayan became a peace activist, joining the leadership of Peace Now, and was also involved in Bat Shalom, the International Center for Peace and the Council for Peace and Security, giving lectures around the world on the topics of peace and security. In Israel she has also advocated for Human Rights, Women's Rights, and LGBT rights. In 1992, Dayan was elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party list and served as chairwoman of the Committee on the Status of Women. She was instrumental in pushing forward Israel's sexual harassment law in the 1990s. Re-elected in 1996 and 1999 (as a member of One Israel, an alliance of Labor, Meimad and Gesher), Dayan became chairwoman of the Committee on the Status of Women for a second time in 1999.