Yael Dayan – Chairperson of the City Council Tel-Aviv Yafo
Born in 1939 in Nahalal, a co-operative village, in Israel, to Ruth and the late General Moshe Dayan.
Educated in Israel. M.K. Dayan studied Political Science at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Biology at the Open University in Tel Aviv.
Beginning in the 92’ elections Ms. Dayan served three terms as Labor Party Member of Knesset. She has chaired of the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of women, which was founded by her during her first term, as well as the Sub-Committee for Gay and Lesbian Rights. M.K. Dayan was also a member of the Defense and Foreign Affairs and the Constitution, Law and Justice Committees.

Ms. Dayan has promoted equality and women’s rights, equal pay and “choice” abortions. Yael Dayan has initiated and completed revolutionary legislation protecting women’s rights,gay rights and minorities civil rights. Prevention of Sexual Harassment, Obligatory Minimum Punishment in Sexual and Domestic Violence Offenses, Victims´ Rights, Anti “Stalking” Bill and Equal Rights for Women, 2000.   
Her main extra - parliamentary political activity is active leadership of  grassroots organizations such as “Peace Now” representing a call for end of occupation, evacuation of settlements and a call for active dialogue with the Palestinians toward a Two-State Solution. For these, Ms. Dayan was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Human Rights Award (1991), and the Olof Palme Award for Peace (1998). She was chosen for the French Weekly, L’express’,”100 Women Who Make the World Move” (1995)  and was honored by the State of the World Forum as one of the “Women Redefining Leadership” (1997).
For such activities Ms. Dayan has taken many personal risks. She is a recipient of threat letters and an objective to both verbal and physical violence. This violence was expressed by the tossing of a boiling cup of tea at her in Hebron  by an extreme right-wing activist who,as a result, served three
year in prison.       
Ms. Dayan, is the author of eight books (six novels) including New Face in the Mirror, Death Has Two Sons, Sinai Diary - 67 and My Father - His Daughter and has been a journalist for forty years, writing political commentary in both Israeli and Foreign press.
Yael Dayan lives in Tel Aviv, was married to the late General (Reserves) Dov Sion and has two children and three grandchildren.
Former Member of Knesset Dayan is a leading  member of the Meretz party and a signatory to the Geneva Accords.

In the 2003 Municipal elections Yael Dayan won a major victory and was the deputy mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo,in charge of welfare services for five years.
Reelected in the Municipal Elections,Yael is Chairperson of the  City Council in charge of Human Rights.