Religion and Politics

The Man in the Middle of Obama’s Showdown with Netanyahu

At Foreign Policy, Yochi Dreazen and Colum Lynch report on Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. “While at Netanyahu’s side as his senior adviser—a title that, if anything, understated his importance—Dermer oversaw a portfolio that included speech writing, foreign affairs, polling, and divining Israel’s all-important relationship to the United States,” Dreazen and Lynch write. As ambassador, Dermer now seems to have forged close ties with primarily Republican lawmakers.

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