Aviezer "Avi" Pazner (Hebrew: אבי פזנר, born 9 June 1937) is a retired Israeli diplomat and former World Chairman of Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal.
In 1986 he was appointed media advisor to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and served in this position during the First Gulf War.
In 1995-1998 he served as Israel's Ambassador to France and was decorated by President Chirac as Commandeur of the French Légion d'honneur.
[4][5][6] In September 1998, Pazner was elected World Chairman of Keren Hayesod, a position in which he served until October 2010, during this time he helped raise over 2 billion Dollars for Israel.
Since 2013 he is the political and diplomatic commentator for the TV chain i24 News broadcasting from Jaffa Port in French, English and Arabic.