Yisrael Zinger

Yisrael Raul Zinger (Hebrew: ישראל זינגר; born December 18, 1948) is an Israeli politician and former mayor of Ramat Gan (2013–2018).

He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1962 and earned a master's degree in nuclear physics in 1978 from Tel Aviv University.

In the 2013 elections, he ran for the third time for mayor of Ramat Gan against Carmel Shama-Hacohen of Likud.

On 15 December 2014, Zinger was placed under house arrest for a week due to corruption suspicions.

The same year, he lost the position of mayor to Likud's Carmel Shama-Hacohen.