---
name: "Ron Ben-Yishai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ron-ben-yishai"
fi1m_id: "ron-ben-yishai"
imdb_id: "nm2924645"
tmdb_id: 72567
wikidata_id: "Q434185"
roles: []
born: "26 October 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:01:37.491802+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ron Ben-Yishai

## Identity

Ron Ben-Yishai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ron-ben-yishai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ron-ben-yishai
- **IMDb ID:** nm2924645
- **TMDB ID:** 72567
- **Wikidata ID:** Q434185
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Ben-Yishai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434185, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2924645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72567

Actor. Born 26 October 1943 in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine.

## Details

- **Born:** 26 October 1943, Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Ben-Yishai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434185, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2924645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72567

## Biography

Ron Ben-Yishai is an Israeli journalist and war correspondent. Born in Jerusalem in 1943, he has reported on numerous military conflicts across several regions.

He appears as himself in the 2008 animated documentary *Waltz with Bashir*, in which director Ari Folman interviews veterans and others about their experiences in the 1982 Lebanon War.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Waltz with Bashir* (2008), Fi1m 83, as Self (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/waltz-with-bashir.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Navy* (1971), as Narrator (voice)

## Gallery

- ![יום העצמאות צניחה לים בחיפה (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/100186/gallery-4568ad44f518.jpg) יום העצמאות צניחה לים בחיפה (2014) — IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/20140505_142547%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A6%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D.jpg/1280px-20140505_142547%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A6%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![רון בן ישי מגיש לרמטכ"ל גדי אייזנקוט את ספרו כתב חזית 2018](https://film.one/media/person/100186/gallery-0f490498f451.jpg) רון בן ישי מגיש לרמטכ"ל גדי אייזנקוט את ספרו כתב חזית 2018 — IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/2018AizenkotBenIshyBook.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ron Nachman and Ron Ben-Yishai (right to left) (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/100186/gallery-500b2b3d849d.jpg) Ron Nachman and Ron Ben-Yishai (right to left) (2010) — אהרון לויט, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ron_Nachman_and_Ron_Ben-Yishai.jpg/1280px-Ron_Nachman_and_Ron_Ben-Yishai.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![רון בן ישי (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/100186/gallery-149c817ffb33.jpg) רון בן ישי (2010) — אהרון לויט, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Ronbenisjaj.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![אירוע לזכרה של חנה זמר בתערוכתה של זוקי קריסטל - 'פנים' (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/100186/gallery-db1d586699ca.jpg) אירוע לזכרה של חנה זמר בתערוכתה של זוקי קריסטל - 'פנים' (2013) — crystalarts, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Zucky_Crystal_exhibition_for_the_memory_of_Hanna_Zemer_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99_%288357719720%29.jpg/1280px-Zucky_Crystal_exhibition_for_the_memory_of_Hanna_Zemer_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99_%288357719720%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Israel Prize 2018: Israel Prize (won)
- Chief of Staff Citation 1975: Chief of Staff Citation (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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