Please join MEF for a webinar series each Wednesday with the Middle East Forum's Israel Office Advisor, Ashley Perry!
The Middle East Forum cordially invites you to a webinar series with
Ashley Perry
Likud backbenchers have started publicly defying and criticizing PM Netanyahu, forcing him to deal with opposition not just from across the aisle and from his coalition but from within his own party. Does this point to Netanyahu’s downfall or a split in the ruling party, or is it a momentary bump? What does it mean for government policies on COVID-19, the economy and annexation?
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 3:00-3:30p.m. EDT Online
Click here to join just before 3pm EDT or Webinar ID: 554 482 745 Password: 776628 By Phone: US: +1 6465588656,,554482745#,,776628#,,#
You can also reply to Stacey Roman at Stacey@meforum.org or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
Mr. Perry served as adviser to Israel's minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in 2009-15; he has also worked in the Prime Minister's Office and with Israel's ministers of Defense, Tourism, National Infrastructure and Water, Agriculture, Internal Security, Immigrant Absorption, as well as with the chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
He has served as director of communications for presidents, prime ministers and political parties outside Israel and served as an adviser and consultant to many governments, public figures, and organizations.
He was also Director of various Knesset Caucuses, including the Knesset Caucus for Israel Victory, the Knesset Caucus for the Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries and the Knesset Caucus for the Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Communities.
Perry is originally from the UK and moved to Israel in 2001. He holds a BA Honors in History from University College London and am MA in Government from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. He is also president of Reconectar, an organization dedicated to reconnecting the over 200 million descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews with Israel and the Jewish world. Last year, Jewish News named him as one of the 50 Olim (immigrants to Israel) from the UK who made the most significant contributions to the Israel.
The Middle East Forum, an activist think tank, deals with the Middle East, Islamism, U.S. foreign policy, and related topics, urging bold measures to protect Americans and their allies. Pursuing its goals via intellectual, operational, and philanthropic means, the Forum recurrently has policy ideas adopted by the U.S. government.
