Ron Dermer

Sweida’s crisis and the quiet path to a Syria-Israel security deal - opinion

The US is playing a mediating role in the Syria-Israel security discussions, and is also deeply involved in the agreement known as the 'Sweida roadmap,' publicly announced in Damascus.

People stand next to a destroyed tank turret, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes, and government forces, in Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria July 25, 2025.
Head of the negotiations for hostages release Minister Ron Dermer speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025.

Mediators will know by 'end of the week' if Hamas will agree to hostage deal

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

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer will leave Israeli government -report

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

Dermer, if you don't save the hostages you can't be forgiven - a mother's Yom Kippur plea


No. 7: Ron Dermer, Israel Katz, Gideon Sa’ar: Ministers shaping gov't policy

In a government whose choices carry immense consequences at home and abroad, the sway they hold in the cabinet secures their place at the center of one of Israel’s most fateful moments. 

(L-R): Ron Dermer, Israel Katz, Gideon Sa'ar

Syrian Israeli meeting in London discusses de-escalation within framework of 1974 agreement

Ron Dermer and Asaad Al-Shaibani are in talks about Golan Heights and border security.

 Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, is seen in Damascus, Syria, on December 23, 2024.

Dermer, Witkoff meet in London to discuss hostage talks, Qatar tensions - N12

A source told N12 that the US wants to restart negotiations between Israel and Hamas, and believes that they can begin within the next two weeks.

 Hostage negotiators (L) Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and (R) Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.

Israel offers Syria channel to send aid to Gaza in closed-door meetings

At one point, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa even raised the issue of the Abraham Accords, giving a sense of rapprochement to all sides involved.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative).

Six killed in Jerusalem terror attack, UK gov't: No genocide in Gaza

IAF reportedly strikes Syria • Gaza flotilla claims boat was struck by drone • Four soldiers killed in northern Gaza tank explosion • IDF strikes Gaza City high-rise used by Hamas

Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a terror attack at Ramot junction, near the entrance to Jerusalem, September 8, 2025.

Protesters block Jerusalem light rail, scuffle with police, calling for immediate hostage release

This came after a day of protests, including authorities arresting at least 13 who barricaded on the roof of Israel's National Library, and set fire to dumpsters and tires across Jerusalem.

Israel Police and Border Police officers forcibly remove a demonstrator who blocked the Jerusalem light rail tracks in a protest calling for the immediate release of hostages held in Gaza terror captivity, September 3, 2025.

'Netanyahu and Dermer against the world': Security council left in the dark on Gaza plans - report

Officials told N12 that they do not receive Gaza plans beyond official statements from the Prime Minister.

 (From L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and PM Military Secretary Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman during a meeting with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (not pictured) at the Pentagon in Washington, July 9, 2025.

Israel demands Lebanon buffer zone, agrees to tone down Hezbollah strikes - report

Israel reportedly insisted that several villages on the border remain without residents and act as a buffer zone, which countered Tom Barrack's proposals.

 IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon. January 23, 2025.

Dermer meets Qatari officials in France, in first since Hamas's hostage deal response

The meeting was thought to be the first meeting between a senior Israeli official and Qatari officials since Hamas's response to the hostage deal proposal.

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer seen in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 22, 2025

Meeting between Dermer, Syrian FM on Druze humanitarian corridor postponed - report

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani are now likely to meet next week, sources told N12.

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer; illustrative.

Hostage families demand meeting with Dermer, accuse gov't of sacrificing hostages for war goals

The families believe that expanding the war is equivalent to "sacrificing the hostages" and will likely lead to the "murder of living hostages and the disappearance of the fallen.”

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza protest outside of the security cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, August 7, 2025.