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Ron Dermer

Ron Dermer is an Israeli politician and member of the Likud Party. He currently serves as the country's strategic affairs minister.

Originally born in the United States, Dermer has served in the past as Israel's ambassador to the US.

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 Palestinians make their way as they inspect the damages at Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2024

Israel committed in writing to US: No forced displacement of Palestinians from northern Gaza

By Walla!
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer (left) and Channel 12 Reporter Amnon Ambramovich (right), (illustrative).

'You are not really one of us': Old elites tremble at the sight of a new generation

 Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer attends a special session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem December 29, 2022.

Dermer to discuss Lebanon ceasefire in US after reported secret Russia visit

 US DEFENSE Secretary Lloyd Austin receives Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon, earlier this week.

Pentagon's private letter to Gallant, Dermer about possible arms embargo leaked to Israeli media

 STRATEGIC AFFAIRS Minister Ron Dermer stated, according to a leaked account of a security cabinet meeting, that ‘the prime minister can do whatever he wants.’

Security cabinet leaks are endangering Israel’s security

 Ron Dermer in 2019.

Blame Hamas, not Israel's government, Ron Dermer says

 ITAMAR BEN-GVIR (left) and Bezalel Smotrich sit in the Knesset plenum, on the day that the current government was approved and inaugurated, December 29, 2022.

Ben-Gvir questions possibility of peaceful solution in the north during cabinet meeting

By YAKI ADAMKER
 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG attends the Megillah reading at the Theatron Hotel synagogue in Jerusalem.

Grapevine March 27, 2024: When the nose knows

 Ron Dermer enters the Knesset plenum on December 29, 2022.

Dermer: IDF to conduct Rafah operation even if entire world shuns us

 Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar (L) gestures as he speaks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip September 19, 2017

Wall Street Journal reveals the real reason there's no ceasefire yet

 Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani shakes hands with US President Joe Biden during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, January 31, 2022.

Biden calls Qatari Emir as Dermer visits Washington

 The march of the kidnapped families

How was the Israel-Hamas hostage deal signed?

By GIDEON KOTZ , MAARIV
 Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023

What is Israel's endgame in Gaza? - opinion

 Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023

US and Israel policy aligned regarding Saudi nuclear plans - Dermer

 Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023

Dermer pushes IDF, Mossad chiefs to support US-Israel 'defense alliance'

By Barak Ravid/Walla
 (L-R) Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Bolster West Bank stability, Blinken tells Dermer amid Israel-Saudi peace talks

 Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023

Ron Dermer set for Israel-Saudi peace talks in White House visit - report

 Ron Dermer enters the Knesset plenum on December 29, 2022.

Ron Dermer and Michael Oren share similar backgrounds

By GARY ROSENBLATT/JTA