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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.

Al-Aqsa Mosque, Temple Mount
Opinion
Is Israel taking Ramadan restraint too far?
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar would be the first to laugh at the suggestion that freedom of worship for Muslims will prevent violence on the Temple Mount or anywhere else.
Mar. 8, 2024
Ruthie Blum
Women Rally for Release of Hostages
Opinion
Hamas-UNRWA sex crimes and International Women’s Day
The mass rape of Israelis has elicited barely a yawn from feminists around the world gearing up to mark IWD with great fanfare.
Mar. 6, 2024
Ruthie Blum
Palestinians receive food supplies at an UNRWA school in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 28, 2024. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Where is the ‘humanitarian aid’ for the hostages?
The world is pressuring Israel about the crisis in Gaza, while ignoring the men, women and children who are being abused and starved in Hamas captivity.
Mar. 3, 2024
Ruthie Blum
Yahya Sinwar
Opinion
Yahya Sinwar’s false hopes for survival
If the Hamas chief believes that condemnation of IDF actions in Gaza is going to end the war and leave him in power, he’s existing in a pre-Oct. 7 universe.
Mar. 1, 2024
Ruthie Blum
Former Public Security Minister Omer Barlev, chairman of the board of Angel Bakeries, at a "Brothers in Arms" protest outside the home of venerated Rabbi Gershon Edelstein in Bnei Brak, May 4, 2023. Photo by Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Anti-haredi sentiment and the boycott of Angel Bakeries
Former Public Security Minister Omer Barlev is a private citizen with the rights that entails. But he’s also the chairman of a commercial enterprise who ought to take his position into account while bashing a community of consumers.
May. 7, 2023
Ruthie Blum
A pro-government rally near the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
The Jerusalem rally was a reminder that democracy didn’t lose; the left did
The Orwellian doublespeak of the Israeli opposition is so blatant that it’s putting regular propaganda to shame and managed to sow self-doubt in coalition circles.
Apr. 30, 2023
Ruthie Blum
Baruch Ben-Yigal, father of the late IDF soldier Amit, attends a protest in Tel Aviv against the Supreme Court decision to cancel the demolition order for the home of the Palestinian terrorist who murdered his son, Aug. 16, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Tears of heartbreak and joy
Baruch Ben-Yigal’s story is a perfect metaphor for the indelible link between death and rebirth that is Israel’s curse and blessing.
Apr. 23, 2023
Ruthie Blum
Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivers an address at Yad Vashem on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jerusalem, April 17, 2023. Credit: Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office.
Senior Contributing Editor
Holocaust remembrance and inexcusable hyperbole
Israeli President Isaac Herzog conveyed an appropriate Yom Hashoah message with just the right tone, but the people who most needed to hear and heed it either weren’t listening or didn’t think it applied to them.
Apr. 18, 2023
Ruthie Blum
Judicial Reform Protests
Senior Contributing Editor
No deterrence for Israeli demonstrations
Even an anti-government advocate’s reasonable request for a security-related pause in the protests is rejected by fellow activists.
Apr. 9, 2023
Ruthie Blum
Ovda Airbase
Senior Contributing Editor
Saluting the unsung heroes of the Israeli Air Force
The well-deserved high standing of IAF pilots has gone to their heads in a dangerous way. Throwing their weight around to influence government policy is bad enough, but crushing the morale of those who maintain their planes is beyond inexcusable.
Apr. 2, 2023
Ruthie Blum
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud Party meeting at the Knesset, March 13, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Benjamin Netanyahu’s risky leadership move
Invoking the Judgment of Solomon to explain his pause in judicial reform, the Israeli prime minister staved off an immediate crisis. But will it cause his base to turn against him?
Mar. 28, 2023
Ruthie Blum
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Knesset, March 22, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
The Israeli defense minister’s shameful retreat
Prominently on display in Yoav Gallant’s speech were two traits that make him unfit for his job: cowardice and betrayal.
Mar. 26, 2023
Ruthie Blum
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