Eliyahu Eliashar

Eliyahu Elyashar (; 10 October 1899 - 30 October 1981) was an Israeli politician and writer.

Biography Elyashar was born in Jerusalem at a time when it was part of the Ottoman Empire. His father, Yitzhak Shemaya Elyashar, was the grandson of rabbi Yaakov Shaul Elyashar through his father and rabbi Raphael Meir Panigel through his mother. Elyashar's mother Rosa was the daughter of Yosef Navon and his wife Guishe Frumkin, the sister of Israel Dov Frumkin. He had several siblings, including a younger brother, Menashe Elyashar, who became a businessman and public figure.

Elyashar studied medicine at the University of Beirut, as well as law in Cairo and Jerusalem. During World War I he served as a junior medical officer in the Ottoman Army.

In 1938, he became a member of the Sephardi Community Committee in Jerusalem, and also served as a member of its presidium. In 1942, he was elected its president. In the same year he started publishing and editing the weekly newspaper Hed HaMizrah, which he continued to do until 1952. but it received only 0.8% of the vote, failing to cross the 1% electoral threshold, resulting in Eliashar losing his seat.

In 1974, Elyashar was one of the founders of the Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.

Elyashar later published two books; Living with the Palestinians in 1975, and Living with the Jews in 1981. He died in October that year.