Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time

Israel Insider with Ashley Perry

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

3:00 P.M. Eastern Time

Is there a rift in goals and perceptions on the Middle East between the Trump Administration and the Israeli Government ? If so, how is this likely to manifest itself in the days and weeks ahead, as President Trump visits the region?

Ashley Perry is an advisor to the Middle East Forum’s Israel office. He served as adviser to Israel’s minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in 2009-15, and has also worked with Israel’s Ministers of Intelligence, Agriculture and Rural Development, Energy, Water and Infrastructure, Defense, Tourism, Internal Security, and Immigrant Absorption and as an advisor to The Negev Forum. Originally from the U.K., he moved to Israel in 2001. He holds a B.A. from University College London and an M.A. from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).

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