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Ruthie Blum

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.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to the crowd during his address to a joint session of Congress, March 3, 2015. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.
Senior Contributing Editor
West Wing worry about Bibi’s upcoming speech
Democrats conveniently forget that Netanyahu’s last address to Congress so impressed the Gulf states that it set the Abraham Accords in motion.
Jun. 24, 2024
Ruthie Blum
The Israel Electric Corporation power station in Hadera, Aug. 11, 2011. Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Electric shocks
Should Israelis panic about a potential Hezbollah attack on the national power grid? The IEC and energy ministry say no, but Oct. 7 took its toll on trust.
Jun. 21, 2024
Ruthie Blum
IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari on his way to give a statement to the media in Tel Aviv, Oct. 16, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
The ‘conceptzia’ is harder to combat than Hamas
The IDF spokesman should learn to keep his pre-Oct. 7 ideas to himself or take a hike with his boss, Herzi Halevi.
Jun. 20, 2024
Ruthie Blum
JNS TV
Is Biden selling out Israel in its time of need?
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 7
Jun. 19, 2024
Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev
Secular activists shout at worshipers on Yom Kippur over gender segregation at Dizengoff Square, Tel Aviv. Sept. 24, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90. *** Local Caption *** יום כיפור כיפורים כיכר דיזנגוף הפרדה ראש יהודי תל אביב
Senior Contributing Editor
Secular coercion and double standards
For the Israeli left, gender segregation in the public sphere is only kosher for Muslims and the “sisterhood.”
Jun. 17, 2024
Ruthie Blum
JNS TV
Has the hostage rescue operation changed anything?
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 6
Jun. 13, 2024
Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev
Blinken
Senior Contributing Editor
Citing ‘anonymous officials’ for political purposes
A report on Monday by “NBC News” correspondent Andrea Mitchell is an example of promoting an agenda by putting it in the mouth of an incognito authority figure.
Jun. 10, 2024
Ruthie Blum
An Israeli military helicopter, with fighters who participated in the hostage-rescue operation, arrives at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, June 8, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Compassionate Israelis, complicit Gazans
The heroic hostage-rescue operation brought out the best in the Jewish state and typical sociopathy in the Strip.
Jun. 9, 2024
Ruthie Blum
Prof. Asa Kasher, Jan. 10, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Asa Kasher’s unkosher disloyalty
While the Israeli military is conducting a valiant effort to destroy Hamas and rescue the hostages, the “purity of arms” author might have exercised discretion before voicing his extremist positions.
Jun. 7, 2024
Ruthie Blum
JNS TV
In the wake of Oct. 7, is a unified Jerusalem even more significant?
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 5
Jun. 5, 2024
Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev
Palestinians shopping at a market next to destroyed buildings in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, May 31, 2024. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
The myth of Gaza’s ‘innocent’ majority
So far, not a single civilian in the terrorist enclave has opted to be categorized as a member of the “Righteous Among the Nations.”
Jun. 4, 2024
Ruthie Blum
U.S. President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Senior Contributing Editor
Biden’s bait-and-switch speech
If the material is good enough for Hamas to use in the scripts that it’s forced the hostages to read on camera, why not parrot it from a podium in D.C.?
Jun. 2, 2024
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