Gideon Moshe Sa'ar (; born 9 December 1966)
is an Israeli politician currently serving as Israel's
Foreign Minister
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...
and member of the
Knesset
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The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...
for the party
New Hope. Sa'ar was first elected to the Knesset as a member of
Likud
Likud (, ), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (), is a major Right-wing politics, right-wing, political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing par ...
in
2003
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In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
, serving until 2014. During that period, he served as
Education Minister
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(2009–2013) and
Minister of the Interior
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(2013–2014) under
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has served as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime min ...
's governments.
After a political hiatus, Sa'ar returned to the Knesset in 2019, and
unsuccessfully challenged Netanyahu for the leadership of Likud. He subsequently formed his own party,
New Hope, and became
Minister of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
(2021–2022) and
Deputy Prime Minister
A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...
(2021) in the
Bennett-Lapid government. In 2022, Sa'ar formed an electoral pact with
Benny Gantz
Benjamin Gantz ( ; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a Minister without portfolio#Israel, minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the Ministry of Defense (Israel), minister of defense bet ...
's
Blue and White faction named
National Unity. As a member of the National Unity alliance, he returned to the opposition following the
2022 election.
Following the breakout of the
Gaza war
The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel fought since 7 October 2023. A part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflict, Gaza–Israel conflicts dating ...
, National Unity joined the governing coalition and Sa'ar was named
minister without portfolio
A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authorit ...
and an observer in the
war cabinet. In March 2024, Sa'ar withdrew New Hope from
National Unity and from the coalition, and resigned as minister, before returning to the government in September 2024. In November 2024 Sa'ar replaced
Israel Katz
Israel Katz (; born 21 September 1955) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud currently serving as Ministry of Defense (Israel), Minister of Defense and a member of the Security Cabinet of Israel. Katz has been recognized ...
as
Foreign Minister
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...
.
Biography
Gideon Moshe Serchensky (later Sa'ar) was born in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...
.
His mother Bruriah was born in Israel to a seventh-generation
Bukharian Jewish family, whose ancestors arrived during the
Ottoman Empire
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. His father Shmuel is an
Ashkenazi Jew
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who was born in Ukraine and moved to Argentina as a child before
immigrating to Israel. He has two siblings, a brother and a sister. His father was a doctor, while his mother was a teacher. Sa'ar grew up primarily in Tel Aviv, but as a child, he lived for a number of years in
Mitzpe Ramon, where his father worked as a pediatrician, and in kibbutz
Sde Boker, where he was the kibbutz doctor. At the time, Sde Boker was the residence of Israel's founding prime minister,
David Ben-Gurion
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. His father was frequently in contact with Ben-Gurion as the kibbutz doctor, and the young Gideon Sa'ar met Ben-Gurion numerous times when accompanying his father on visits to his home, during which Ben-Gurion gave him geography quizzes. After serving in the
Israel Defense Forces
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as an intelligence
NCO in the
Golani Brigade
The 1st "Golani" Brigade (, ''Hativat Golani'') is an Israeli military infantry brigade. It is subordinated to the 36th Division and traditionally associated with the Northern Command. It is one of the five infantry brigades of the regular Is ...
, Sa'ar studied political science at
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) is a Public university, public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv, the university is the center of teaching and ...
and then went on to study law at the same institution.
In May 2013 Sa'ar married Israeli news anchor
Geula Even, with whom he has two children, David and Shira. Geula was born to
Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union. Sa'ar has another two children, Alona and Daniela, from his first wife Shelly, as well as one grandchild.
Political career
Sa'ar worked as an aide to the
Attorney General
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between 1995 and 1997, and then as an aide to the
State Attorney until 1998.
Sa'ar was appointed
cabinet Secretary
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in 1999 and again from 2001 to 2002 after Likud's
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon ( ; also known by his diminutive Arik, ; 26 February 192811 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.
Born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestin ...
won a
special election for Prime Minister. In the
2003 elections he won a seat in the Knesset on Likud's list, and was appointed Likud Parliamentary Group Chairman as well as Chairman of the Coalition. He was opposed to
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan
In 2005, Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip by dismantling all 21 Israeli settlement, Israeli settlements there. As part of this process, four Israeli settlements in the West Bank were dismantled as well. The disengagement was executed unil ...
, and attempted to pass a bill demanding a referendum on the subject.
After retaining his seat in the
2006 elections he was reappointed Group Chairman and also became a deputy Knesset speaker. While in the Knesset, Sa'ar proposed bills to jail employers who fire pregnant women, (he chaired the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women) and to ban
cosmetics testing on animals. In December 2008, Sa'ar won the Likud primaries for its list going into the
2009 elections, giving him second place on the Likud list after leader
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has served as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime min ...
. He retained his seat, and was appointed Minister of Education on 31 March.
In September 2014, Sa'ar announced that he would be resigning his post before the next election; with rumors of alleged
sexual harassment
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s background for his sudden resignation. He said he would still remain a member of the
Likud
Likud (, ), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (), is a major Right-wing politics, right-wing, political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an alliance with several right-wing par ...
. On 17 September, he took a hiatus from politics. He left the Knesset on 5 November, and was replaced by
Leon Litinetsky. On 3 April 2017 Sa'ar announced his return to politics and intention to run in the next Likud primaries. He was seen as a potential candidate for party leadership and eventually prime minister. In September 2017, ''
The Jerusalem Post
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'' ranked him 5th on its "50 most influential Jews" list, calling him the "heir apparent to the Likud throne". In September 2018, he was ranked 25th along with fellow Likud members
Yisrael Katz and
Gilad Erdan.
Likud leadership run
In October 2019, amid coalition talks, Prime Minister Netanyahu indicated he was considering holding a snap election for party leadership. In a terse tweet, Sa'ar responded "I'm ready." After Netanyahu decided against holding a leadership election, Sa'ar confirmed he would run in the next election and would support Netanyahu until then.
On 24 November 2019, Sa'ar asked the Likud Central Committee to schedule a party leadership race within two weeks, allowing the winner to try to form a coalition government before the Knesset would be dissolved which would trigger new Knesset elections, the third in a year. After the Knesset was dissolved and elections set for 2 March 2020,
leadership elections were set for 26 December 2019. Sa'ar received the endorsement of a few Likud Members of Knesset, including
Haim Katz, the powerful head of the
Likud central committee. Netanyahu was endorsed by Minister of Public Security
Gilad Erdan while Knesset speaker
Yuli Edelstein
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declined to endorse either candidate.
During the campaign, Netanyahu's campaign slammed Sa'ar on Twitter saying he "has aligned with the Left and the media in order to remove the prime minister from the leadership of the state".
At a conference the week before, Sa'ar had spoken against the "two state illusion" and criticized Netanyahu for offering territorial concessions to the Palestinians despite them being uninterested in peace talks, saying, "Around the world, the words 'two-state solution' remain a kind of certificate of acceptance. I have to tell you this is not a helpful position."
As widely expected, Netanyahu won handily with 72.5% to Sa'ar's 27.5%.
New Hope
In December 2020, Sa'ar announced that he would leave Likud and will form his own party, called
New Hope. He submitted his Knesset resignation on 9 December, which went into effect on 11 December. The party contested the
2021 Israeli legislative election
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, with the intent of forming a governing coalition, and removing Netanyahu from office. He regained his seat in the Knesset, as New Hope gained six seats at the elections. Following the election, Sa'ar became
Minister of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
in the
thirty-sixth government of Israel
The thirty-sixth government of Israel, or the Bennett–Lapid government, was the cabinet of Israel that was formed on 13 June 2021 after the 2021 Israeli legislative election, 2021 Knesset elections. On 2 June 2021 a coalition agreement was s ...
.
On 10 July 2022, Sa'ar announced that New Hope would form an electoral alliance with
Benny Gantz
Benjamin Gantz ( ; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a Minister without portfolio#Israel, minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the Ministry of Defense (Israel), minister of defense bet ...
's
Blue and White, to be named
National Unity. Sa'ar was second on the list. National Unity contested the
2022 Israeli legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 1 November 2022 to elect the 120 members of the 25th Knesset. The results saw the right-wing national camp of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a parliamentary majority, amid losses for ...
, where it placed fourth with 12 seats and did not join the
thirty-seventh government. Following the outbreak of the
Gaza war
The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel fought since 7 October 2023. A part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflict, Gaza–Israel conflicts dating ...
, Sa'ar was one of five members of National Unity to join the emergency war government. Sa'ar was sworn in as a
minister without portfolio
A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authorit ...
on 12 October 2023.
On 12 March 2024, Sa'ar announced that New Hope would leave the National Unity alliance. On 16 March, Sa'ar threatened to withdraw New Hope from the coalition if Prime Minister Netanyahu did not appoint him to the
war cabinet; Netanyahu did not do so; nine days later, Sa'ar and the rest of New Hope left the government. On 29 September, Sa'ar rejoined the Netanyahu cabinet as a minister without portfolio following a request from Netanyahu, with Sa'ar saying that his decision to return was "the patriotic and right thing to do now". On 5 November 2024, it was announced that Sa'ar would replace
Israel Katz
Israel Katz (; born 21 September 1955) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud currently serving as Ministry of Defense (Israel), Minister of Defense and a member of the Security Cabinet of Israel. Katz has been recognized ...
as
Foreign Minister
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...
.
Foreign Minister
On 13 February 2025 Sa'ar spoke with
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Winston Raymond Peters (born 11 April 1945) is a New Zealand politician. He has led the political party New Zealand First since he founded it in 1993, and since November 2023 has served as the 25th Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand), ...
by phone about the ongoing
ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the need for its full implementation including the release of all hostages and the resumption of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. Sa'ar also thanked New Zealand for designating
Hamas
The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (the Arabic acronym from ), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamism, Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has Gaza Strip under Hama ...
and the
Houthis
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Zaydism, Zaydi Shia Islamism, Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s. It is predominantly made up of Zaydi Shias, with their namesake leadersh ...
as terrorist organisations, and extended an invitiation for Peters to visit Israel. On 24 February 2025, he met with the
European Union
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's top diplomat,
Kaja Kallas, in Brussels for the first formal talks between Israel and the EU since the
Gaza war
The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel fought since 7 October 2023. A part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflict, Gaza–Israel conflicts dating ...
.
On April 15 2025, Sa'ar met with
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy
David Lindon Lammy FRSA (born 19 July 1972) is a British politician who has served as Foreign Secretary since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham since 2000. Lammy previously held vario ...
in London. The visit to London was not publicized and the meeting with Lammy was described as private. The
British Foreign Office
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The office was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign an ...
said that Lammy and Sa'ar discussed "the ongoing hostage negotiations,
protection of aid workers, the need to end the
humanitarian blockade of Gaza and stop
settlement expansion in the West Bank, and the
Iranian nuclear issue".
His visit was met with outrage by critics of Israel in the UK. British MP
Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana (born 31 October 1993) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry South since the 2019 general election. She was a Labour Party MP until her suspension in July 2024 as one of seven La ...
called his visit "a direct affront to both international law and the Palestinian people enduring
genocide
Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by ...
, military occupation and apartheid under his government".
The
Hind Rajab Foundation and
International Centre of Justice for Palestinians wrote to the
UK attorney general to apply for an arrest warrant for Sa'ar. The request claimed that Sa'ar was responsible for the
attack on Kamal Adwan hospital and the detention and torture of
Hussam Abu Safiya.
The British attorney general rejected the request for an arrest warrant. ''
The National'' reported that Sa'ar had planned to leave the UK early to avoid a potential arrest, but Lammy had privately assured him that the government would protect him from prosecution. Prime Minister
Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously ...
denied that he had been involved in the decision to deny the arrest warrant.
Personal awards
In 2004, Saar was awarded the Italian honor of Ufficiale. In 2009, he was awarded the OMC badge, for "being a politician who has not been blemished to this day" and for his action to strengthen the rule of law and his firm stand against political appointments. In 2011, he was awarded an honorary degree by the President of Italy - Commendatore (Trustee) by the Italian Ambassador to Israel,
Luigi Mattiolo, in recognition of his contribution to strengthening the relationship between Italy and Israel. On 17 April 2012, Sa'ar received the
Orden del Mérito Civil, a first class honor awarded by the King of Spain,
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I (; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until Abdication of Juan Carlos I, his abdic ...
, for his contribution to
Israel–Spain relations.
Views and opinions
Sa'ar has stated that he is opposed to a
two-state solution
The two-state solution is a proposed approach to resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, by creating two states on the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. It is often contrasted with the one-state solution, which is the esta ...
, arguing "There is no two-state solution; there is at most a two-state slogan", and that it would be "a mistake to return to the idea of establishing a Palestinian state in
Judea and Samaria as a solution to the conflict."
He has expressed support for a long-term solution involving
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
.
He supported
annexation of the West Bank, and supported the idea of Palestinian autonomy in a federation with Jordan.
In 2020, he declared: "Between
the Jordan River and the sea there won’t be another independent state."
As a teenager, Saar joined the ultranationalist
Tehiya
Tehiya (), originally known as Banai (, an abbreviation for ''Land of Israel Loyalists' Alliance''), then Tehiya-Bnai (), was an ultranationalist
Ultranationalism, or extreme nationalism, is an extremist form of nationalism in which a co ...
movement protesting the
1982 evacuation of Israeli settlements in the Sinai Peninsula as per the
Egypt–Israel peace treaty
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.
[ On 14 October 2023, in an interview with Israel's Channel 12 News, Sa'ar said that the ]Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...
"must be smaller at the end" of the Gaza war
The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel fought since 7 October 2023. A part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflict, Gaza–Israel conflicts dating ...
, stating: "Whoever starts a war against Israel must lose territory." During the Gaza war, he also stated that he would insist that the war not be stopped until Hamas
The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (the Arabic acronym from ), is a Palestinian nationalist Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamism, Islamist political organisation with a military wing, the Qassam Brigades. It has Gaza Strip under Hama ...
is defeated, and said that after the war the Palestinian Authority
The Palestinian Authority (PA), officially known as the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, ...
would not be able to control the Gaza Strip.
As he started working as foreign minister, Sa'ar stated "Israel should look to Kurds
Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
, Druze
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and other minorities in neighbouring countries, in addition to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
, for support". At his ministerial exchange and inauguration ceremony on Sunday, Sa'ar described Kurds as "our natural ally" and as "a great nation, one of the great nations without political independence". He further said that Kurds are "a national minority in four different countries, in two of which it enjoys autonomy: ''de facto'' in Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
and ''de jure'' in the Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
i constitution", that they are "a victim of oppression and aggression from Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
and Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
", and that Israel needed to strengthen ties to them, concluding: "This has both political and security aspects."
References
Further reading
Goodbye, two-state solution
January 2017, The Jerusalem Post
''The Jerusalem Post'' is an English language, English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1932 during the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Mandatory Palestine, Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''Th ...
Oslo is obsolete: Time for a victory mindset
July 2018, The Jerusalem Post
''The Jerusalem Post'' is an English language, English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1932 during the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Mandatory Palestine, Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''Th ...
New Leadership for Israel? A Conversation with Gideon Saar
February 2021, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
External links
Biography
at New Hope website.
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