Ron Dermer officially becomes Israel’s 18th ambassador to the U.S.
Amb. Dermer jots a few words to Obama in White House guest book: “I look forward to working with you and your administration to make the bonds between Israel and America stronger than ever.”
Ron Dermer presented his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday, officially becoming Israel’s 18th ambassador to the U.S.
U.S. President Barack Obama and new Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer – Photo: Courtesy of the White House
Dermer, a former top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is a 42-year-old Florida native who studied at the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford University before immigrating to Israel in 1997. Between 2005 and 2008, Dermer served as the economic attaché at the Israeli Embassy in Washington.
“I feel proud and honored to serve as Israel’s ambassador to the United States,” Dermer wrote to Obama in the White House guest book. “America is a country to which the Jewish people owe so much and to which I, as a son of America, am so personally indebted. I look forward to working with you and your administration to make the bonds between Israel and America stronger than ever.”
Dermer was accompanied at the White House by his wife Rhoda and his five children. The new ambassador gave Obama a gift of cufflinks depicting the image of a tablet etched with a menorah, which was found at the City of David excavation site in Jerusalem.
View original Israel Hayom publication at: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=13793
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