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
After a series of stunning political gymnastics, it looks like Israelis might have their first government in over a year. Who is in and out of power? What does this all mean and how long is it likely to last? Looking beyond politics, how is COVID-19 affecting Israel's economy and security?
Join Ashley Perry each Wednesday at 3:00 PM, ET, for an update on everything Israeli, including an opportunity for audience questions.
Wednesdays 3:00-3:30p.m. ET Online Click here to register
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.
