Dan Perry, at The Blogs

May 31, 2024, 6:38 PM

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Corrupt to the bone

Recent revelations of venality by a government official point to a national split – a 'good Israel' and a 'bad Israel'

Feb 27, 2024, 1:29 PM

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A pivot point for the Haredi draft

Students at the Mir Yeshiva in the ultra orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim listen to a lesson by Rabbi Dov Landau, head of the Slabodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak, September 19, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

With an April deadline for a resolution looming, the power of the purse can impel change – if political conditions allow

Sep 27, 2023, 5:37 AM

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Yes to a Saudi deal, no to Netanyahu

US President Joe Biden, left, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 20, 2023. (Avi Ohayon, GPO)

The Opposition can support normalization from outside the government – joining the Coalition to rescue the PM would be folly

Jul 16, 2023, 10:03 PM

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Above all, this is an assault on liberalism

It's not a fight with the left, it's a blow to the centrist belief that government should not have too much power

Jun 22, 2023, 6:49 PM

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Dislodging Likud voters from the right can save Israel

Can they be coaxed to disengage from the West Bank and curtail the burden Haredim are placing on the economy?

May 27, 2023, 11:37 PM

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Three Jews in Yerevan

When a Jewish community that can't make a minyan for prayers is flooded with refugees, its members are glad they're there to welcome the newcomers

Mar 31, 2023, 6:10 AM

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They poked the wrong bear

A continued slide toward dictatorship risks turning millions of Israelis into dissidents. Many will fight the regime – more will leave

Feb 14, 2023, 12:01 AM

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Wanted: Five righteous persons in Sodom

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, February 12, 2023. (AP Photo/ Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool)

These are the MKs who can keep the coalition from turning Israel into a dictatorship

Jan 9, 2023, 6:54 PM

Even in Romania they fear for Israel’s democracy

The new government's plans for an "override clause" appear to be succeeding where 55 years of occupation of the Palestinians have not: foreigners not normally given to obsessing about Israel are alarmed about the threat to its democracy. There seems...

Dec 29, 2022, 6:20 PM

A five-alarm fire in Israel

Israel's new far-right government is being welcomed with all the joy of a five-alarm fire by half the population and by many of the country's traditional friends around the world. Its enemies might well rejoice at what looks like...

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Dan Perry is the former Cairo-based Middle East editor and London-based Europe/Africa editor of the Associated Press, served as chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, and authored two books about Israel. A technologist by education, he is the Chief Business Development Officer of the adtech company Engageya and Managing Partner of the award-winning communications firm Thunder11. His Substack, Ask Questions Later, is available for subscribers at https://danperry.substack.com/. Also follow him at twitter.com/perry_dan; www.linkedin.com/in/danperry1; www.instagram.com/danperry63; www.facebook.com/DanPerryWriter/; and https://muckrack.com/dan_perry

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