Shabtai Daniel

Shabtai Daniel (Hebrew: שבתאי דניאל; 1909 – 19 December 1981) was an Israeli journalist and politician who briefly served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party in 1965.

Born Shabtai Don-Yichye in Viļaka in the Russian Empire (today in Latvia), Don-Yihye made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1931.

He studied at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

A member of Hapoel HaMizrachi, he was amongst the founders of the party's HaTzofe newspaper and a member of its editorial board from its foundation.

However, he resigned after nine days, and was replaced by Frija Zoaretz.