Interests, Not Values, Drive U.S.-Israel Alliance, Ron Dermer Says

Interests, not values, drive U.S.-Israel alliance, Ron Dermer says

Israels relationship with the U.S. depends on mutual interests, not shared values, Ron Dermer, Israel’s former minister of strategic affairs, said on Monday at the Israel on Campus Coalition’s conference in Washington. “The problem people have is they romanticize the U.S.-Israel relationship. People think the U.S. has always been a strategic ally from day one,” Dermer said. “Israel’s main strategic ally for its first 15 years was France.” “I wou…

LIKUD RETURN: Netanyahu Presses Ron Dermer To Reenter Politics

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is continuing efforts to persuade former Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer to return to political life and accept a reserved position on the Likud slate for the next Knesset, according to Walla. Despite Netanyahu’s efforts, Dermer is currently not interested in returning to public office, and political officials believe the chances […]