Ron Dermer named next Israeli ambassador to the US
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday appointed one of his senior advisers US-born Ron Dermer, 52, Israeli ambassador to Washington. He succeeds Ambassador Michael Oren who served in this post for four years. Dermer is one of the prime minister’s close associates and has served on a number of secret missions on his behalf with the US administration. He moved to Israel in 1996 and is married with four children.