Gideon Sa'ar

Positions and record

• Served as Cabinet Secretary under Netanyahu (1999) and Sharon (2001-02) before entering the Knesset for Likud in 2003
• Served as Education Minister (2009-13) and Interior Minister (2013-14) under Netanyahu, championing civics education and Jewish heritage curricula
• Founded New Hope in 2020 after splitting from Likud; later served as Justice Minister and Deputy PM (2021-22) in the Bennett-Lapid government
• Returned to Netanyahu's wartime coalition in Nov 2024 as Foreign Minister, leading Israel's diplomacy during the post-Oct 7 campaigns
• Merged New Hope back into Likud in March 2025 and resigned his Knesset seat in July 2025 to make room for Druze MK Akram Hasson, while continuing as Foreign Minister
• Long-time advocate of robust security policy; opposes a Palestinian state west of the Jordan, supports settlement enterprise, and has pushed Western capitals to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization