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.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a presentation of Israel’s national security doctrine, in Jerusalem, October 18, 2026

A vote for Netanyahu is a vote for isolation, poverty, and vulnerability - opinion

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

Liberman, think again: Your games could save Netanyahu - opinion

People walk past a vehicle displaying Likud campaign posters featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, October 16, 2026

Israeli media's polling obscures the majority opposed to Netanyahu - opinion


The electoral threshold is distorting Israel's democracy - time to rethink it - opinion

Israel’s electoral threshold was designed to improve governability. Instead, it can distort election results and leave voters without representation.

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

Netanyahu's secret UAE trip: What is Israel's military censorship really for? - opinion

The prime minister’s secret UAE trip highlights the danger of blurring Israel’s security interests with Netanyahu’s political interests.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President of the UAE Sheikh bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

As Israel’s opposition jostles over leadership, its bid to replace Netanyahu weakens - opinion

The change bloc is losing momentum as its leaders remain divided over strategy. A simple pre-election agreement could resolve the deadlock.

GADI EISENKOT, head of the Yashar party, speaks at the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

We have sinned: After four years of Netanyahu, the 10 Commandments have a path to teshuva - opinion

Yom Kippur offers an opportunity to examine ourselves through the oldest moral code we possess. By the measure of the Ten Commandments, we have much for which to atone.

Thousands of Jews gather for selichot prayer services at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, ahead of Yom Kippur, September 15, 2026

Israel’s PISA collapse exposes a failing education system threatening its future - opinion

The figure that should truly alarm Israel is that the 2025 collapse is occurring not at the margins of the education system, but at its core. What should be done?

View of an empty classroom at a school in Givatayim, during a teacher's strike, on May 6, 2025.

Religious Right: Slowly but surely, Israel’s right-wing is becoming the religious bloc - opinion

The Israeli Right that formed them was largely secular, nationalist, and security-minded. The Israeli Right replacing it is increasingly religious and messianic.

Otzma Yehudit party chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, together with members of his party, attends a supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Petah Tikva, central Israel, August 16, 2026.

Israel’s next government must save the country before it is too late - opinion

Israel faces a historic crisis, and its next government must act urgently to restore democracy, rebuild alliances, reform society and secure the country’s future.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrive to cast their vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, August 17, 2026

Only two blocs: The election math Netanyahu doesn’t want Israelis to see - opinion

On Election Day, there are two possible political outcomes: A majority for continuing Netanyahu’s tenure or a majority for replacing him. 

An illustration of an Israeli voting at the ballot box.

What does 'right-wing' actually mean in Israeli politics anymore? - opinion

Most Israelis want the country to be a Jewish-majority state that remains democratic - and that doesn’t make any of them left-wing or right-wing.

 President Isaac Herzog and  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for a group picture of the then-new government, at the president's residence in Jerusalem, December 29, 2022

Election interference by Iran, Russia, or China may help PM Netanyahu, not hurt him - opinion

Israel’s paper-ballot system makes direct manipulation of vote counting extremely difficult, but manipulating public opinion is another matter entirely.

People at polling station during the Likud party internal elections in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2026.