Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 3:00PM Eastern Time

Israel Insider with Ashley Perry

Israel is currently planning major ground operations in Gaza if Hamas does not agree to renewed negotiations in the coming weeks. What happens next?

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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