Ofir Gendelman (Hebrew: אופיר גנדלמן; Arabic: أوفير جندلمان; born July 19, 1971) is an Israeli diplomat and current spokesperson to the Arab media in the Israel Prime Minister's Office,[1] a position he has held since April 2010, prior to which he served in the same role at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Later that year he was appointed as the first ever foreign ministry spokesman to the Arab media, a role he fulfilled during the peak of the Second Intifada.
He returned to Israel, assuming the role of deputy director of the Arab press and public diplomacy division of the foreign ministry.
In 2009, Gendelman took a leave of absence from the foreign ministry and moved to the private sector where he became the founding CEO of the Israeli-Palestinian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IPCC).
[2] In November 2023, amid the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Gendelman circulated a clip from a Lebanese short film, claiming that it was proof that Palestinians were faking videos, and calling it an example of "Pallywood".