Dan Perry
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 has worked with a variety of Israeli start-ups and advised clients all over the world in healthcare, technology and public affairs.
He writes opinion pieces for Newsweek, the Forward and other publications, and his publication Ask Questions Later is available for subscribers at https://danperry.substack.com/. Also follow him at twitter.com/perry_dan.
Israel, don't let democracy die: Beware the populist tide in Europe - opinion
Squandering its success in Lebanon: Israel’s insistence on holding territory - opinion
It’s time to insist on social algorithm transparency - opinion
77 years later, saving the country is still the central mission - opinion
At a time when questions of national identity dominate the discourse, Israel’s experiment of uniting Jews from around the world should be a source of inspiration.
The Shin Bet bombshell demands a criminal investigation - opinion
Ronen Bar’s affidavit accuses the PM of a series of crimes. The attorney-general must step up, and the citizens should appreciate the danger.
'Witch hunt': The global right-wing populist rallying cry threatening democracy - opinion
This is a global movement – a slow-burning insurrection that seeks to replace the checks and balances of liberal democracy with elected autocracy.
From Waze to Wiz, Google bets big on Israeli tech - opinion
The deal is a defining moment for the global cybersecurity industry, a testament to Israel’s enduring tech prowess, and a defiant vote of confidence in a country in crisis.
How the Jewish virtue of respecting elders can become a vice - opinion
Age may indeed bring wisdom, but it does not guarantee it. When tradition is used to prevent education, economic participation, and basic civic equality, it becomes not a virtue but a vice.
Seculars, national-religious Zionists, moderate Right could break up Netanyahu coalition - opinion
In an upcoming election, Bennett should run separately, representing the Zionist religious and moderate Right, but Lapid is an exhausted figure who failed miserably in the 2022 election.
Trump's Gaza-emptying fantasy could shake Israel's reality - opinion
Trump – for all his seeming simple-mindedness – may have manifested the art of the deal through his Gaza proposal.
Backing an assault by Azerbaijan on Armenia is not in Israel’s interest - opinion
Azerbaijan has shown its ambitions extend to sovereign territory in Armenia: the seizure of the so-called Zangezur corridor in southern Armenia, in the region of Syunik.
'Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz' is seminal Holocaust document of the banality of evil - opinion
The book is set to be released amid preparations for the January 27 commemoration in Poland of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The shah's son envisions a rebuilt Iran at peace with Israel - opinion
For the son of the shah, the journey back to a free Iran would be one that ends in a better version of the place where it began.