Yael Cohen Paran

Yael Cohen Paran was born in 1973

Yael Cohen Paran was born on 12 October 1973. She grew up in Ramat Gan and went to Blich High School. In the IDF she served as an intelligence officer in Unit 8200.

She earned a bachelor's degree in physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She began a master's in physics at Ben-Gurion University but left it in 1999 to lead the public campaign against the Cross-Israel Highway. She later completed a master's in public policy at Tel Aviv University.

She directed the group Green Course from 2002 to 2006. In 2007 she founded the Israel Energy Forum and became its CEO, working on gas policy and renewable energy. She represented Israel at UN climate conferences in 2002, 2007 and 2009.

She was among the founders of the Green Movement and became its co-chair in July 2013. Placed 25th on the Zionist Union list in 2015, she entered the Knesset on 25 November 2015 in place of Danny Atar. She was 16th on the Labor list in April 2019 and lost her seat when Labor won 6 seats.

She is married to David Perlman-Paran and has 3 daughters. She lives in Pardes Hanna.