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Yael Dayan (Hebrew: יעל דיין, 12 February 1939 – 18 May 2024), also known as Yaël Dayan, was an Israeli politician and author. She was the daughter of Moshe Dayan.
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For all the progress that has been made, the same old hypocritical notions are still used to fight gender equality.
Nothing will be the same now. I have looked at cessation of life, destruction of matter, sorrow of destroyers, agony of the victorious, and it had to leave a mark.
Israel Journal (1967)
All the intimacy in the world can't remove a slight sense of guilt when watching someone who isn't aware of being watched. (chapter 14)
Three Weeks in October (1979)
...for me, doing means contributing, doing for others.
We have not yet produced a universal literature in Israel, which doesn't detract from its quality...We are still in a localized phase, reflecting what is happening to us now, a mirror of reality.
Interview (1984)
Women lead the peace movement. They’ve definitely got positions of leadership there.
Interview with Lilith (1990)
It is inconceivable that we should still have to discuss the Palestinian right to self-determination,” she told The Star. “We are still doubting that they are people. This is so stupid, it is like an ostrich burying its head.
(Do you think that, in general, the large portion of the occupied territories will be returned?) YD: Oh sure, excluding the territory around Jerusalem.
Interview with Lilith (1990)
Cases of corruption come and go; the public anger they generate is inevitably diluted by the slow pace at which the legal system delivers justice. All the while, the country stays wrapped in a near-permanent bulletproof vest, preparing for the next war even as we recover from the last one.
In her 2014 memoir, Dayan wrote that during her lifetime, she witnessed Israel transform from “a beloved, admired, victorious and just homeland, via an unbearable regression, to the dangerous sphere of ethno-theocratic messianic existence, which is so far removed from a peace- and justice-seeking society.
Transitions (2014)
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