Moshe Yegar (Hebrew: משה יגר; born 30 October 1930, Buenos Aires) is an Israeli retired diplomat, historian, and scholar.

His father, Jacob Yegar, was an educator and one of the founders of the first Hebrew school in Buenos Aires, named after poet Hayim Nahman Bialik.

He pursued Islamic history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, obtaining his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D.[1] From 1946 to 1948, Yegar was involved in the Hagana, a Jewish paramilitary organization under the British Mandate.

[7] In 1994, Moshe Yegar was honored with the Palacky Gold Medal by the Czech National Academy of Science in recognition of his extensive research on Islam in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on the Rohingya community in Burma.

[8] In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious Jabotinsky Prize for Literature and Research, further solidifying his reputation as a scholar and a diplomat who has significantly contributed to both academic inquiry and practical diplomacy.