Biography
Yael German has a bachelor's degree in general history from Tel Aviv University. She is married and has two children, and has been a citizen of Herzliya since 1979.
In 1993, she became a member of the municipal council of Herzliya for the Meretz party. In 1998, she was elected to be the mayor of the city, and in 2003 she was elected for a second term with 56% of the vote.
Since she has been mayor, she has fought the Cellular Companies Forum that wanted to increase the number of cellular antennas in the city. Eventually, her fight succeeded when the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) passed the Cellular Antenna Law.
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