Strategic Affairs Ministry

Why Israel set up the J50 forum: Streamlining the global Jewish message - analysis

The global Jewish response to antisemitism historically rested on a fragile equilibrium, on the assumption that antisemitism would remain largely local. That assumption collapsed after October 7.

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON, GABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
ISRAELI FOREIGN Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Mauro Berenstein, president of DAIA.
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

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: After years as Netanyahu’s most trusted adviser, the man who bridged Jerusalem and Washington leaves gov’t, taking with him a legacy of influence, division, and results.

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

Ron Dermer resigns as minister, says Netanyahu’s gov’t will be remembered for Oct. 7

"This government will be remembered both for the October 7 attack and for its management of the two-and-a-half-year-long war and the seven fronts that followed," Dermer wrote.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ilay David speaks at Rosh Hodesh service outside Ron Dermer's home, March, 2025.

Hostage families lead prayer for hostage return outside Ron Dermer's home

Hostage families gathered outside Ron Dermer's home, urging him to secure their loved ones' return by Passover amid stalled negotiations.

|ByEVE YOUNG, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Boomerang: Economic pressure hits BDS campaigners

“These [BDS] organizations are obsessed with eradicating Israel as a Jewish state,” said Tzahi Gavrieli.

JUNE 20, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
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Fighting BDS online

How DigiTell is working to change anti-Israel sentiments on social media.

JUNE 16, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
An anti-BDS poster calling on Palestinians to free Gaza from Hamas