Strategic Affairs Ministry

Diplomatic courage: How Trump’s embassy decision strengthened Israel’s position – opinion

Donald Trump is the first courageous American president to implement the law to move the American embassy to the Jewish capital, thereby strengthening regional stability

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington in May.
ISRAELI FOREIGN Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Mauro Berenstein, president of DAIA.

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

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

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


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.

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

Leaked documents reveal Israel's strategy to avoid US foreign lobbying law - report

Leaked documents suggest Israeli officials sought to avoid the US Foreign Agents Registration Act by creating a nonprofit to continue their activities under the radar.

 Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on Foreign Agents Registration Act. July 17, 2017.

25 ViZionaries: Asher Fredman - No. 11

Meet the people-to-people diplomacy expert working to advance the Abraham Accords.

 Asher Fredman.

Flawed, unfairly maligned Strategic Affairs Ministry shutters - analysis

The ministry, like the country it was meant to defend, was flawed, but still unfairly and disproportionately maligned.

Yair Lapid at a government meeting on July 11, 2021.

Has the Strategic Affairs Ministry achieved its goals?

With the Strategic Affairs Ministry set to be dismantled, former director-general Tzahi Gavrieli looks back at five years of fighting delegitimization of Israel

TZAHI GAVRIELI: Substance is what matters.

Is there light at the end of the (Hezbollah) tunnel?

Internationally-known social media influencers took a step into the dark as they journeyed to the recently uncovered Hezbollah tunnels on Israel’s northern front.

DigiTell tour to Israel's northern front for social media influencers, April 12, 2021.

Israel asks Twitter to remove 128 fake accounts promoting incitement

The activity was linked in particular to possible war crimes suits against Israel at the International Criminal Court and the potential pending plans to annex West Bank settlements.

A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this illustrative picture

90% of Arab world on social media against normalization - Israeli study

The study pointed at direct involvement of the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Iran and pro-Palestinian organizations in orchestrating the negative discourse.

Palestinians protest the recent peace deals struck between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain.

Does Israel need a ministry to fight BDS?

After incoming Strategic Affairs Minister calls to eliminate his own office, experts and activists weigh in on its necessity.

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, also known as BDS.

Strategic Affairs Ministry: PLO increasing pressure on EU to change policy

The Strategic Affairs Ministry said that it is too soon to tell if there will be significant changes in the PLO's current conduct or if the meeting was primarily intended to send internal messages.

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat looks on during a news conference following his meeting with foreign diplomats, in Ramallah, West Bank January 30, 2019