Kochavi Shemesh (sometimes spelled "Kohavi", Hebrew: כוכבי שמש; 10 January 1944 – 13 May 2019) was a lawyer, leftist activist, and one of the leaders of the Israeli Black Panthers and the editor of its main publication Ha'panter Ha'shachor (Hebrew: הפנתר השחור, lit. 'The Black Panther'). He also helped form the Israeli political party Hadash, which formed as a merger between the Black Panthers, the Israeli Communist Party, and other leftist organizations.