Israel Peleg (Hebrew: ישראל פלג; born June 5, 1949) is an Israeli politician, diplomat and businessperson.

[citation needed] Peleg was Chief Assistant to the Director of the Government Central Office of Information (1973–1976) and was the coordinator of the Celebration for the 25th year of Independence of the State of Israel and in charge of domestic tours of Prime-Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

He recruited young students to establish a professional system of Parliamentary Assistants, who would become a few years later leading figures in the Israeli business arena and political theater.

During his tour of duty as Consul General of Israel in Philadelphia Peleg was in charge of the diplomatic-political relations with the respective administrations in the Mid-Atlantic States (Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Kentucky, West Virginia).

During his tenure as Director General of the Ministry of the Environment (1992–1996) he initiated the closure of 400 dumps and establishment of state-of- the-art landfills.

As the Director General of the Ministry of the Environment, Peleg was Head of the Israeli delegation to the multilateral Peace Talks on Environment; Member of the National Board for Planning and Building; Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee for financial Assistance to Industries (for installing environmental facilities); Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committees for Licensing Land-Based Discharges to the Sea and Dumping of Waste in the Sea; Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee for the National Scheme for Solid Waste Management; Vice-president of the Bureau of the Mediterranean Action Plan (Organization of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution) ; Chairman of the Boards of the Fund for Prevention of Marine Pollution and the Cleanliness Fund; chairman of the Board of Directors of the Yarkon River Authority; Initiator of the National Program of Sustainable Development in Israel; Member of the US-Israel Science and Technology Commission; Initiator of the Year of the Environment.

In 1999, at the request of the Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Peleg prepared a conceptual program for the reconstruction and rejuvenating of Jaffa .

As Vice President of Israel's National Lottery (2000–2003) Peleg was in charge of Marketing, Advertising, Sales, Customer Service, Membership Club etc.

From 2003 until 2009 Peleg was Acting Chairman and President of H&O Fashion chain, which operates 33 stores with total sale of NIS 470m (US$117million).

In 2009 Peleg established Ispel Ltd., a private consulting firm for marketing and business development specializing in environment management.