Dubi Israeli was born in Poland in 1946 to parents who were Holocaust survivors.
They made 'Alia' in 1949. He spent his childhood in the Hadar Yosef quarter of Tel-Aviv, his later youth at Kibbutz Yakum.
Dubi joined the Army in 1964, he served in the Armoured Corps. Returning to civilian life after nine years' of military service, he became central plant manager of a large gas company. After re-enlisting in 1979 he fulfilled a variety of Staff Officer duties, among other things setting up an armoured brigade from scratch. His final IDF role was as Israel's military attaché in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.
He took part in all military campaigns from the Six Day War to the First Lebanon War. During the course of his service he completed a B.A degree in Jewish History and World History, followed by an M.A degree in Political Science and International Relations.
Finally returning to civilian life, he founded two companies which engaged in the import and export of medicine, agriculture, security and tourism-related goods.

Dubi and his wife Nurit have three children and six grandchildren.
Dubi's love affair with the plastic arts began by chance at Tel-Aviv's Wounded Veterans' Club ('Beit HaLohem'), where he first became acquainted with clay and ceramic sculpture and took part in the Club's workshop.
After studying there for about a year he started sculpting in stone at a workshop in Ramat HaSharon. Concurrently, he attended a large number of art courses designed to broaden his basic skills, both theoretical and technical. Two years later he set up his own workshop at Kibbutz Shfayim, where he has developed his own peculiar techniques for plaster and stone casting. Dubi executes all stages of his sculptures by himself : § design and execution of the sculpture in clay; § creation and processing of the plaster cast; § casting in stone: a mixture of plaster of paris, quartz, sand (optional), and pigments; § revealing and finishing the sculpture. His themes are taken from the human condition, from family life and from Greek mythology. His style is classical and abstract.