Yaakov Peri is a member of Knesset for the Yesh Atid party;
he served as minister of science, technology and space in
2013-14. He headed the Shin Bet General Security Services
in 1988-94 and was featured in the award-winning 2012
documentary film The Gatekeepers. This article is based
on the keynote presentation he gave at the 2015 J Street
Conference at a session entitled “The Choices Ahead:
Views from Israel.”