Gideon Ben-Yisrael

Gideon Ben-Yisrael (; 6 March 1923 – 18 December 2014) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and Rafi in the 1950s and 1960s.

Biography Born in Haifa during the Mandate era, Ben-Yisrael joined the Haganah, and between 1938 and 1940 was a recruiting officer in Jerusalem. During World War II he volunteered for the British Army and served in the Jewish Brigade. Following the war he helped to smuggle Holocaust survivors into Palestine. He was amongst the Mapai members that broke away to form Rafi in 1965, and lost his seat in the elections later that year. He went on to serve as chair of the Labor Party's unions section, and was a member of the party's central committee and secretariat.

In 1996 he became chairman of the Pensioners' Union in the Histadrut, a position he held until his death in December 2014.

In 1999 Ben-Yisrael formed the party to advocate for the interests of pensioners. The party ran in the 1999 election, receiving 1.1% of the vote and failing to win a seat. Ben-Yisrael sought another term in the Knesset in the 2006 election, and was assigned the 26th slot on Labor's electoral list. He was not elected.

Ben-Yisrael died in Tel Aviv from natural causes. He was buried at the Trumpeldor Cemetery in Tel Aviv.