Early life

Dayan was born in Nahalal during the Mandate era, the daughter of Moshe Dayan and granddaughter of Shmuel Dayan, both politicians. After serving in the IDF as a Lieutenant in the Spokesperson's Unit, Dayan studied international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and biology at the Open University of Israel. She married Dov Sion, with whom she had two children.

Literary career

Dayan first made a name for herself as an author and newspaper columnist, writing columsn for Yedioth Ahronoth, Ma'ariv, Al HaMishmar and Davar. She has published five novels as well as a memoir of the Six-Day War called Israel Journal: June 1967 and a biography of her father called My Father, His Daughter.

Political career

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.

She lost her seat in the 2003 elections, and left Labor to join Meretz with Yossi Beilin. Dayan headed the Meretz list in the Tel Aviv municipal elections in 2004, with the party winning 5 out of 31 Seats on council and joining Ron Huldai's coalition. She currently serves as Deputy Mayor and responsible for social services.

Fiction

• New Face In The Mirror - 1959
• Envy The Frightened - 1961
• Dust - 1963
• Death Had Two Sons - 1967
• Three Weeks In The Fall] - 1979

Non-fiction

• The Promised Land: Memoirs of Shmuel Dayan (editor) - 1961
• Israel Journal: June 1967 (also known as A Soldier's Diary) - 1967
• My Father, His Daughter - 1985