Charlie-Shalom Biton (Hebrew: צ'רלי-שלום ביטון; 11 April 1947 – 24 February 2024) was an Israeli social activist and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash and the Black Panthers between 1977 and 1992.
In early 1971 he was one of the founders of the Israeli Black Panthers movement, along with Sa'adia Marciano, Reuven Abergel and Eli Avichzer.
He went into hiding to avoid his sentence, and was later pardoned after lobbying from Ratz MK Shulamit Aloni and the Sephardi Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.
[2] The Black Panthers contested the 1973 Knesset elections with Biton seventh on the party's list,[3] but missed out on a seat as they were 0.15% below the electoral threshold.
[4] In the 1992 Knesset elections he headed a list named Hatikva, but it won only 2,053 votes (0.1%), well below the 1.5% electoral threshold, and Biton lost his seat.