Ron Dermer

Iran weakened, Hezbollah shattered since Oct. 7, former strategic affairs minister Dermer asserts

Former strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer said that while he had heard “concerns” about a possible agreement with Iran, Israel should “take a step back” and assess the current strategic picture.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) is joined by Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and other officials for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on July 09, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.
 Israeli Police and IDF solodiers in line to pay their respects as the funeral procession of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, the last hostage from Gaza, makes its way to Gvili's Negev hometown of Meitar on Jan. 28, 2026.

Israel’s internal clash, not consensus, saved the hostages - opinion

Netanyahu addresses Knesset at 40-signature debate on ‘extremist government’, Jerusalem, January 6

Israel running out of ‘no’s' on Turkish involvement in Syria, Gaza, source tells 'Post'

Here, Dermer sit alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon in July in Arlington, Virginia.

Ron Dermer steps out of Israel's power center, leaving a void in Jerusalem's US diplomacy


How was the Israel-Hamas hostage deal signed?

A senior US official reveals the step-by-step process of signing the hostage deal, including the release of women and children.

 The march of the kidnapped families

What is Israel's endgame in Gaza? - opinion

The must be a paradigm change, because if not, what is the point of risking the lives of Israel’s impressive soldiers and the reservists who left lucrative jobs to fight for the country?

 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

“A civil nuclear program is one thing, a military nuclear program is the other," said

 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'

Without the backing of key figures in the defense establishment, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer will struggle to advance a US-Israel defense alliance.

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

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

Israel is under pressure from the US to halt settlement activity and to provide the Palestinian Authority with economic gestures.

 (L-R) Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

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

Dermer's reported visit comes as Washington is in negotiations with the Saudis to bring about diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Riyadh.

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

Ron Dermer and Michael Oren share similar backgrounds

Both men exemplify qualities of proud Americans and committed Zionists, men who gave up promising careers in the US, and their American citizenship, to live in and work for the State of Israel.

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

Two close PM advisers, ex-Mossad, and NSC chiefs call for pause to legislation

As of Saturday night, over 10,000 reservists and around 1,194 air force reservists were claiming they would quit their roles if Netanyahu does not stop the reasonability clause repeal.

 Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen with then-Mossad director Yossi Cohen at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Israel on October 15, 2015

Israeli ministers at White House amid concern of US-Iran interim deal

A senior diplomatic source said that the Biden administration wants to be able to say it kept its campaign promise to return to the Iran deal.

 The White House is seen from the top of the Washington Monument April 3, 2003.

Israel slams dangerous docking of two Iranian warships in Brazil

Two Iranian warships docked in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday after Brazil granted permission despite pressure from the US to bar them.

Iranian military ship Iris Makran navigates on the coast of Rio de Janeiro as a Brazilian flag flutters in Copacabana Beach, Brazil, February 27, 2023.