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Monday, January 12, 2026
PM said to include former top adviser Ron Dermer in high-level consultation on Iran
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Former strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer was summoned by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join a meeting yesterday with senior ministers and security officials as the US weighs a possible military response to Iran’s deadly crackdown on protests, according to Channel 12 news.
The network reports that Dermer was consulted due to the potentially fateful decisions that the Trump administration may take vis-à-vis Iran. Dermer, a longtime Netanyahu confidant who resigned from his post in November, had been in charge of overseeing ties with the Trump administration.
The network also quotes an unnamed Israeli source warning that Iran’s offer to hold talks with the US is “a trap” meant to delay potential American strikes on the Islamic Republic.
The Times of Israel Community.