Eliyahu Michael "Eli" Ben-Dahan (Hebrew: אליהו "אלי" מיכאל בן-דהן, born 11 February 1954) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician.

The eldest of five boys,[2] Ben-Dahan was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel in 1956 at the age of two, his family settling in Beersheba.

In remarks to graduates of a pre-military academy, Ben-Dahan said, "Your most important task is to increase the spiritual strength and protection of the IDF.

"[5] In the run-up to the April 2019 Knesset elections, Ben-Dahan left the Jewish Home and joined the defunct Ahi party in order to run on the Likud list.

[7][8][9][10][11] In June 2015, Ben-Dahan also spoke out after a report in The Wall Street Journal[12] claimed Israel used a computer virus to spy on nuclear negotiations with Iran.

"The deputy defense minister called the allegations 'nonsense', and assured the interviewer that Israel had other ways of gathering intelligence, and didn't need to resort to hacking.

"[15][16] In August 2016, after soldiers were ordered to no longer assist migrants in conjunction with NGO Elifelet,[17] Ben-Dahan spoke out in defense of the decision: "These people have infiltrated into Israel, taken Israelis' jobs, and made south Tel Aviv an impossible place to live."