Uri Yehuda Ariel (Hebrew: אורי אריאל, born 22 December 1952) is an Israeli politician who formerly served as a member of the Knesset for The Jewish Home (within which he chaired the Tkuma faction),[1] and as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Uri Ariel was born in Afula, and grew up on kibbutz Tirat Zvi, which his father had helped found.

[3] Although he missed out when the party won only four seats, Ariel entered the Knesset on 17 October 2001 as a replacement for the assassinated Rehavam Ze'evi.

Prior to the scheduled Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank in August 2005, Ariel moved to Kfar Darom in solidarity, and he firmly opposed the plan.

Ariel said he believed that this would be correcting a historical injustice, and that it is an opportunity for the Muslim world to prove that it is tolerant to other faiths.

The election yielded an Interim government, and Ariel subsequently resigned as Agriculture Minister in November 2019 at Benjamin Netanyahu's request.