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Ruthie Blum, a former adviser at the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is an award-winning columnist and a senior contributing editor at JNS. Co-host with Ambassador Mark Regev of the JNS-TV podcast “Israel Undiplomatic,” she writes on Israeli politics and U.S.-Israel relations. Originally from New York City, she moved to Israel in 1977. She is a regular guest on national and international media outlets, including Fox, Sky News, i24News, Scripps, ILTV, WION and Newsmax.

Neighbors of the hostage-holders in Nuseirat express self-pity, not sorrow for the captives next door.
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 11
The National Unity Party leader thought that denouncing all violence was safe, especially since he made sure to take aim at Netanyahu. Boy, was he wrong.
Everyone now knows that Biden’s faculties are impaired, but his politics have always been defective.
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 10
Three Israelis under investigation for the Oct. 7 “murder” of a Nukhba terrorist should be awarded high honors, not treated like criminals.
In Gaza, they’re battling Hamas. In Israel, they’re changing diapers. The contrast is both charming and jarring.
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 9
The quiet release of Shifa Hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya to Gaza is a travesty that must not go unpunished.
Unlike the myth about Richard Nixon, Joe Biden fared even worse over the radio than he did on TV.
A new research center at Tel Aviv University is backed by and named after the failed former prime minister who’s been fomenting societal schisms.
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 8