Top adviser to Israeli premier resigns
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, who played a leading role in negotiations during the Gaza war and was a close confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, resigned on Tuesday.
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- Published Date: 11:58 | 11 November 2025
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Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, a top adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced his resignation on Tuesday, local media said.
In a letter to Netanyahu, Dermer said he had promised his family to serve only two years in office, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
Dermer, a former Israeli ambassador to the US, was one of Netanyahu's senior envoys in laying the groundwork for the US-sponsored normalization agreements known as Abraham Accords and played a major role in countering the Iranian nuclear program.
In February, he was asked by Netanyahu to lead Israel's negotiating team for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage swap deal with Hamas.
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