Overview
- Dermer submitted his resignation on Tuesday, about a month after the Gaza ceasefire he helped negotiate took effect.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked him publicly, calling his work an exceptional contribution and suggesting he still has more to offer.
- In his resignation letter, Dermer said he had promised to serve only two years and twice extended his term at Netanyahu’s request to confront Iran and to end the Gaza war on Israel’s terms.
- He praised Netanyahu’s leadership, called October 7 the darkest day for the Jewish people since Israel’s founding, and claimed Israel dealt a crushing blow to Iran’s terror axis.
- Israeli media report that some of his duties may shift to ambassador Yechiel Leiter and that Dermer could continue as a special envoy focused on the Abraham Accords, though the exact division of responsibilities remains unsettled.