Omri Ronen

Omri Ronen was born in 1992 in Kfar Aza

Ronen was born in Kfar Aza to Zlil and Idit Ronen. His family later moved to Kokhav Ya'ir Tzur Yigal, where he finished high school at Ami Assaf School. He then did a volunteer service year at the Neve Eyal boarding school for children with disabilities.

He served in the Maglan unit and completed officers' course with honors in 2014. He later studied law at Tel Aviv University, graduating in 2021, and interned in the economic department of the State Attorney's Office.

In 2022 he co-founded the Yahav association for Zionist education. In 2023 he joined the protest against the judicial reform and became a leader of Brothers and Sisters in Arms. On October 7, 2023, he led his team to fight in the Gaza border area, and his grandmother Nira was murdered by Hamas in Kfar Aza.

He started a volunteer project to rebuild 16 homes in Kfar Aza, which was handed to the kibbutz in April 2025. In 2024 he filed defamation suits, including one against MK Galit Distel-Atbaryan. In 2026 he joined The Democrats led by Yair Golan and won seventh place on its list in the primaries.

He is married to Tamar and has two children. The family lives in central Israel.