Dan Perry is the former chief editor of The Associated Press in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the former chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, and the author of two books about Israel. Follow his newsletter “Ask Questions Later” at danperry.substack.com.
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By Dan Perry
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Opinion After Hezbollah’s devastating weekend strike, global powers must step in to avert a regional war
The West is rightfully nervous about direct engagement in the Middle East. But the risks of staying out are now too high
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Opinion Is Netanyahu really trying to scuttle a hostage deal?
Israelis are convinced that their prime minister is deliberately delaying negotiations for his political survival
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Opinion First reactions: What Netanyahu said (and didn’t say) about the U.S. and Israel — and what it all means
As the Israeli prime minister spoke to Congress on Wednesday, four of our columnists reacted in real time
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Opinion Joe Biden was a remarkable president for Israel — and very likely the last of his kind
Future Democratic presidents are unlikely to look as kindly on Israel as Biden did, no matter what Netanyahu's government would have you think
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Opinion Can Israel survive implementing the Haredi draft?
Haredi conscription could change Israel forever — for better, and worse
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Opinion JD Vance is a huge fan of Israel’s Yoram Hazony. What might that mean for America?
Trump's vice president's inspiration is a right-wing theorist who believes in reintegrating church and state
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Opinion The IDF’s first investigation into Oct. 7 should be a death knell for Israel’s government
If anyone needed more proof of the abysmal official failures that contributed to the devastation of Oct. 7, now they have it
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Opinion Why don’t ceasefire talks ever go anywhere? Ask Netanyahu.
To hold onto power, Netanyahu has to appease the US — without ending the war
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Fast Forward Meet Lev Kreitman, who brought down Tel Aviv shooter and survived Nova music festival on Oct. 7
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Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
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Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
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Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
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Opinion Oct. 7 changed Israel. A year later, it must change American Jews, too
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