Uri Ben-Ari (Hebrew: אורי בן-ארי) (1925–2009) was tat aluf (brigadier general) of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), diplomat and writer.

Ben-Ari was born and raised in the Schöneberg locality of West Berlin, Germany, as Heinz Benner to a wealthy family of clothes merchant.

His father was murdered in the Holocaust, along with many of his relatives, but saved his son by sending him to Mandate Palestine as part of Youth Aliyah before the outbreak of World War II.

He ended his service as commander of Armored Forces in reserve and was appointed Consul General of Israel in New York (1975–1978).

His novel בטבעת החנק, "Betabat Hahenek" [In a Stranglehold] is based on his memories of a child growing up in Nazi Germany and tells the story of five Jewish boys in Berlin of 1933–1939.