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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.

Outlawing Yair Golan’s despicable activism isn’t the best way to discredit him. He does that all on his own.
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 4
It is unconscionable for “The Jerusalem Post” to cast a shadow on the very conduct that’s being seized upon by ill-wishers to discriminate against the Jewish state.
Even impeccable Israeli “hasbara” can’t compete with Pallywood productions and comparable fake news, regardless of how blatantly mendacious.
Even without the comparison, the decision by Karim Khan is an antisemitic abomination.
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 3
While many Israelis willingly got held up in traffic for Shani Louk, few take kindly to bumper-to-bumper diktats imposed by Shikma Bressler.
Languishing in blissful ignorance is no longer an option—or of any interest.
The Israeli defense minister’s disgraceful display was—in the words of the late baseball great Yogi Berra—“like déjà vu all over again.”
“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 2
How—and what—can we celebrate in the wake of Oct. 7?
The iconic TV psychologist’s introduction to his interview with Netanyahu encapsulated a view that everyone would do well to hear and internalize.