As I have become involved with the rights of all groups living in Israel, I’ve become more involved with women’s rights, too. Still, I think that wom… - Yael Dayan

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.

For all the progress that has been made, the same old hypocritical notions are still used to fight gender equality.

(How do you advise women who want to be part of the system making changes in present-day Israel? What can you say to women who want to enter politics?) YD: They have to work within the party system — every party — and on the national level with other parties. It cannot be only an effort within the party. The power of women has to be expressed by sheer numbers. It must be mobilization — whether it’s academic or grassroots.