Ronen Tzur (; born 27 July 1969) is an Israeli politician who briefly served as a member of the

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for the Labor Party in 2006.

Political career

Ronen Tzur entered politics in 1990, joining the Labor Party. In later years he served as coordinator of the party's faction at the

(under Prime Minister

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), political advisor to minister

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, and director of an association for discharged soldiers. He was placed 28th on the Labor Party list for the 2003 elections, in which the party won 19 seats. However, he entered the Knesset on 22 January 2006 following the resignation of

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, serving during the last three months of its term. In 2010, Tzur advised former president

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regarding the allegations of

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for which he was convicted in 2010. In 2018, through his company, Rosenbaum Communications, a public relations firm; Tzur led a strategic media smear campaign to block the extradition of Malka Leifer, a former school principal and the accused in the Adass Israel School sex abuse scandal, whom Australia has attempted to extradite to stand trial for 74 counts of

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. In early 2019, Tzur became an official advisor to former

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chief of staff

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and the Israel Resilience Party. During the

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, Tzur was a media advisor to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. In February 2024, he stepped down after 45 families had signed a petition seeking his ouster.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tzur, Ronen 1969 births Living people Israeli Labor Party politicians Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006)