Ron Scherf

Ron Scherf (; born February 17, 1972) is an Israeli social and political activist, a former Lt. Colonel in the Sayeret Matkal unit of the IDF, and one of the founding members and leaders of the "Brothers in Arms" organization standing at the forefront of the protests against judicial reform of the thirty-seventh government of Israel.

Biography Ron Scherf grew up in Kfar Saba and graduated from Katznelson high school in the city. As a child, he lived for three years in Kenya, where his father worked as an engineer.

He served in the IDF as an officer in the Sayeret Matkal IDF unit. He was released with the rank of lieutenant colonel and since then served as one of the training commanders of the unit.

On March 9, 2023, Scherf was arrested and detained for questioning by police for blocking the entrance to the Givat Shaul offices of the Kohelet Policy Forum which is responsible for pushing the judicial reform. In a self-proclaimed "guerilla operation", Scherf and others from "Brothers In Arms", in a demonstration that included around a hundred people, blocked the entrance to the Kohelet offices with sandbags and barbed wire stating that "everyone knows that Kohelet is hurting the economy and the security of Israel".

In a press conference held on March 21, 2023, Scherf and other leaders from the "Reservists Protest" (Brothers in Arms) stated that if this judicial reform legislation passes, scores of reservists will stop volunteering for reserve duty.

In a radio interview on July 18, 2023, Scherf called on Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, to show "presence and leadership" and that canceling the reasonableness clause would serve as an "opening to dictatorship, no less". He continued to state that democracy is defending itself in Israel which is undergoing an existential crisis.

On September 17, 2023, Scherf, along with fellow members of "Brothers and Sisters in Arms", was interviewed by Lesley Stahl for 60 Minutes in a segment dedicated to the protests against the judicial reform.