Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 3:00PM Eastern Time

Israel Insider with Ashley Perry

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

3:00PM Eastern Time

There are increasing differences between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran. Is Israel’s window of opportunity to act against the Islamic Republic closing?

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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