Israel Rokach, Honorary CBE (Hebrew: ישראל רוקח; December 31, 1896 – September 13, 1959) was an Israeli politician, Knesset member, and fourth mayor of Tel Aviv from November 15, 1936 until April 13, 1953.

He traveled to Switzerland, where he continued his education at a high school in Lausanne and then studied electrical engineering at the Zürich polytechnic.

In 1922, he was elected to the city council of Tel Aviv, representing the United Centrist List party.

Despite public uproar about British intervention in the Jewish democratic process, Rokach went on to serve as mayor of Tel Aviv until 1953.

After this, underground shelters and loudspeaker systems were built, which also served the population in 1949, when Egyptian Spitfires made strafing runs on the city.

[citation needed] In August of 1947, Rokach and other municipal leaders were imprisoned in Latrun for aiding Jewish underground organizations.

[2] In 1952, Israel Rokach delivered a farewell speech and ceased his municipal duties in Tel Aviv.