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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.

Ron Dermer is 'God’s messenger,' Shas chairman Arye Deri claims after joint Iran strikes

Speaking to Channel 14’s Yinon Magal, Deri noted that if the government had been dissolved the night before Israel struck Iran, President Trump might not have agreed to join.

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Shas faction leader MK Arye Deri seen outside the party offices in Jerusalem, June 4, 2025
L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump. (illustration)

'Finish the job': How Netanyahu convinced Trump to strike Iran's nuclear sites - exclusive

Trump only planned to bomb nuclear facilities in Fordow - but was convinced by Netanyahu and Dermer to target Natanz and Isfahan, an Israeli official told the Post.

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Demonstrators protest against the Israeli government and for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip outside military headquarters in Tel Aviv, June 7 2025.

How a hostage deal now can help defeat the Iranian regime and secure Israel's future - opinion

Bibi knows that at the end of the war brought upon us on October 7th, a true and complete victory demands the Islamic regime in Iran be overthrown.

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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuon a conceptual image of war between Israel and Iran using chess pieces and national flags. (Illsutrative)

West fears miscalculation between Israel and Iran, diplomats tell 'Post' - exclusive

A senior Iranian security official told Press TV that, in the event of an attack, Iran would “surprise” both the US and Israel.

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Israel's Dermer holds first phone call with Qatari PM on hostage deal efforts

US envoy Steve Witkoff attempted to arrange a meeting between Dermer and Al-Thani, but it never came to fruition.

JUNE 3, 2025
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Head of the negotiations for hostages release Minister Ron Dermer speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025.

Editor's Notes: Dermer’s hush-hush tactics deepen crisis of trust

Dermer is not a member of Knesset, and the “ministry” he heads is less a bureaucracy than a two-room hub tucked inside the Prime Minister’s Office. 

MAY 30, 2025
ISRAELIS MARCH for the release of hostages, near the home of Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, in Jerusalem, on Wednesday. The protesters carried a sign calling for their release.

Dermer, Witkoff to meet in Washington as hostage, Iran talks stall

Dermer arrived in Washington to meet with senior US administration officials on Monday.

MAY 27, 2025
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Hostage deal negotiators (L) Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and (R) Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.

Trump ramps up hostage talks: Witkoff to address cabinet, delegation to head to Cairo

Witkoff was meant to travel to Saudi Arabia with Trump directly, but then decided to come to Israel once Edan Alexander's release was secured.

MAY 12, 2025
'59 more to go': An illustrative image shows US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Trump met Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Dermer on Thursday, Axios reports

Topics reportedly discussed included the US-Iran nuclear talks, and the Israel-Hamas War, according to Axios.

MAY 9, 2025
(From L-R) Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump, then-national security advisor Mike Waltz, and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office, Washington, February 4, 2025; illustrative.

Trump, if you're reading this: 'Bring my husband home from Gaza' - opinion

Today, I have more faith in the US administration, led by President Donald Trump, to bring my daughters’ father home than I do in my own government.

APRIL 23, 2025
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THE WRITER speaks at a rally calling for the release of the hostages in Gaza, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, last month.

Mossad director, Dermer seemingly unable to deter Witkoff from Iran nuclear strategy

There has been deep concern that Trump's admin does not understand the importance of the details of setting back Iran's nuclear program.

APRIL 20, 2025
Mossad Director David Barnea, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff (Illustrative).

WATCH: Protests for continuation for hostage deal held in Jerusalem on Sunday night

Sunday marks 555 days that the remaining 59 hostages have been held captive in the Gaza Strip.

APRIL 14, 2025
Protestors march towards the residence of lead negotiator Ron Dermer in Jerusalem calling for a deal to free all the hostages with a banner that says: "Dermer, 59, or resign," on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Netanyahu confidant Ron Dermer slowing Gaza hostage talks, CNN reports

"There is a clear shift in [Israeli] priorities. Negotiations are seemingly being politicized from the Israeli team," CNN quoted a source involved in the talks as saying.

APRIL 11, 2025
(Illustration) Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer against a backdrop of posters of missing hostages.

'Pay attention to us': Hostage families demand meeting with Dermer

Families of Gaza hostages have demanded a meeting with Ron Dermer, over a month into his position as head of the hostage negotiation.

MARCH 30, 2025
Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 22, 2025.

Dermer voices Israeli objection to US-Hamas talks in 'tense' call - report

Boehler met with senior Hamas officials in Doha, Qatar, on several occasions.

MARCH 7, 2025
(L) US special envoy for hostage affairs Adam Boehler (R) Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer against backdrop of hostage posters (illustration).