Family and Personal Life
She lives in Kerem HaTeimanim neighborhood in central Tel Aviv with her two children, Gal and Rama, in a 78 squared meters apartment. A feminist, Yachimovich reportedly refused to marry under the rabbinate religious authority. Today she is divorced, but maintains pleasant relations with ex-husband Noam Ziv, to whom she dedicated her last book.
She published her apartment's worth, her mortgage loan worth and previous income figures, in order to promote increased transparency of elected officials' interests. Claiming she has nothing to hide, she challenged all Members of Knesset to publish their own financial standing.
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