Dani Dayan; Born in 1955 in Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

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) is an Israel

Israel

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i Political Activist and the current Chairman of the Yesha Council

Yesha Council

The Yesha Council is an umbrella organization of municipal councils of Jewish settlements in the West Bank , known by the Hebrew acronym Yesha.The Chairman of the Yesha Council is Dani Dayan, elected in July 2007...

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Dayan made Aliyah

Aliyah

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 in 1971 to the Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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 neighborhood of Yad Eliyahu

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He holds a B.Sc in Economics and Computer Science from Bar Ilan University and an M.Sc in Finance from the Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

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. He is a Major

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 (Res.) in the IDF

Israel Defense Forces

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In 1982, Dayan established an information technology

Information technology

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 firm "Elad Systems", which he headed, first as CEO and later as Chairman, until 2005, when he sold his interests in the company. He continues to invest in high-tech companies and serves as a lecturer in the Ariel University Center of Samaria.

Dayan was the Secretary-General of the Tehiya

Tehiya

Tehiya , originally known as Banai , then Tehiya-Bnai , was a small right-wing political party in Israel that existed from 1979 until 1992...

 political party and was a candidate to the Knesset

Knesset

The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...

 on its list in the Israeli legislative elections in 1988

Israeli legislative election, 1988

Elections for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November 1988. Voter turnout was 79.7%.-Results:1 Five members of the Likud left to form the Party for the Advancement of the Zionist Idea; after two returned, the party was renamed the New Liberal Party...

 and 1992

Israeli legislative election, 1992

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In 2009 he was offered a spot on The Jewish Home

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's list, but declined.

He was a member on the Executive Committee of the Yesha Council

Yesha Council

The Yesha Council is an umbrella organization of municipal councils of Jewish settlements in the West Bank , known by the Hebrew acronym Yesha.The Chairman of the Yesha Council is Dani Dayan, elected in July 2007...

 for 8 years, before being elected as Chairman on July 13, 2007.

As Chairman he led the Settlers' struggle against the Settlement freeze

Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in 2010

Direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority have been taking place since September 2010, between United States President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and ended when Netanyahu refused to extend...

 in 2010.

He is a cousin of TV celebrity Ilana Dayan

Ilana Dayan

Ilana Dayan-Orbach is an Israeli investigative journalist, anchorwoman, and attorney. She is best known as host of the investigative television program Uvda on the Israeli Channel 2.-Biography:...

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External links

• "THE MAN WHO STOPPED THE FREEZE"/ Moment Magazine, January/February 2011