Daniel Ben-Simon (Hebrew: דניאל בן סימון; born 29 April 1954) is an Israeli journalist and politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2009 and 2013.

[1] Prior to the 2009 elections he joined the Labor Party, saying "I felt I had reached the limit of my ability to wield influence as a journalist.

I reached the conclusion that you can score goals only on the playing field and not from the reporters' box".

[2] He initially objected to Labor's entrance into the Binyamin Netanyahu's government, but was elected chairman of Labor's Knesset faction on April 1, saying "the moment the party convention voted in favor [of joining], my resistance faded.

[3] However, in October 2009 he resigned as chairman, and began pressuring the party to leave the coalition.