Israel Sadan (Hebrew: ישראל סדן, born 4 April 1947) is a former Commander of MAGAV (the Israeli Border Police) and a former mayor of Hadera who was convicted of bribing city council members.
He joined the Israeli Police after completing his compulsory military service.
After retiring, he quickly joined the political world and ran for Mayor of Hadera in 1998.
After a successful first term, Sadan ran again in 2003 and won with 43% of the votes versus 40% that obtained his former deputy Haim Avitan.
Due to this situation, he addressed 3 city council members and offered them money in return for their support.