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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.

The gravesite of Dudu Topaz during his funeral at the Yarkon Cemetery in Petach Tikvah, Israel, Aug. 21, 2009. Photo by Gili Yaari / Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
The political suicide of the Israeli elite
The anniversary of the death of Dudu Topaz is a reminder of the cultural root of polarization in the Jewish state.
Aug. 16, 2022
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Illustrative photo of a knife attack. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Senior Contributing Editor
The satanic stabbing of Salman Rushdie and the dangerous Iran deal
President Biden should consider the assault to be a metaphor for the dangers inherent in the West’s falling prey to the deadly machine that emboldened the terrorist from New Jersey. But he didn’t even dare to mention the “fatwa”—or terrorism—in his public statement.
Aug. 14, 2022
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Residents of the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon run for shelter during a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket attack on Aug. 6, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Identifying with the invisible residents of southern Israel
The government in Jerusalem constantly calls for unity. What might help in this virtually impossible endeavor would be a heavy dose of empathy for those bearing the brunt of the enemy’s will—and repeated attempts—to annihilate the entire Jewish state.
Aug. 9, 2022
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An Israeli air strike on a residential building in Gaza City used for storing weapons, Aug. 6, 2022. Photo by Attia Muhammed/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Avoiding mention of Iran while urging Israeli restraint
The facts of “Operation Breaking Dawn” don’t make the slightest difference to the moral-equivalence choir hot to return to the JCPOA.
Aug. 7, 2022
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Israel Police officers and medics at the scene of the murder of Rabab Abu Siam in Lod, July 26, 2022. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
A tale of two women targeted by ‘dishonored’ ex-husbands
An honest conversation has to be had about the psychology and cultural norms that lead so many victims of abuse to become obstacles to, as opposed to participants in, their rescue.
Jul. 31, 2022
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The Israeli Knesset hall, ahead of the vote to disband, June 30, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Bennett’s bad precedent and the curse of Israel’s small parties
Despite this past year’s failed “experiment” in coalition-building and governance, the same people are at it again, reciting tired mantras about the need to “keep Bibi out of Balfour.”
Jul. 26, 2022
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U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. Photo by Emil Salman/POOL.
Senior Contributing Editor
What constitutes a ‘last resort’?
The clock is ticking, possibly past the point of no return. If the regime in Tehran is to be believed, the sand has already filled the bottom of the hourglass.
Jul. 19, 2022
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A U.S. Army helicopter lands at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, July 15, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
The disgraceful disruption of the Abraham Accords
Israel’s Muslim-Arab neighbors in the Gulf have been given reason to be nervous about putting their faith in a U.S.-led, anti-Iran coalition with Israel at the forefront.
Jul. 17, 2022
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American flags being hung in Jerusalem ahead of U.S. President Biden's visit, July 10, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Does Joe Biden’s sojourn signal a return to the ‘old’ Middle East?
The leader of the free world described the JCPOA as “a nuclear deal that was working,” and bemoaned that America under Trump “found itself isolated and alone” for condemning Iranian nuclear activity. Let that sink in.
Jul. 12, 2022
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Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden boards his return flight after a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, March 10, 2016. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy in Israel.
Senior Contributing Editor
Honoring Joe Biden, dishonoring Taylor Force
That the U.S. president who reversed the freeze on American aid to the “pay for slay” Palestinian Authority is receiving Israel’s Presidential Medal is worse than ironic.
Jul. 10, 2022
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an Independence Day address at the White House barbecue for military families, July 4, 2022. Source: YouTube/Screenshot.
Senior Contributing Editor
Biden’s appalling message of ‘principled patriotism’
In his Fourth of July address, the U.S. president alluded to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, boasted about gun-control legislation and issued a “reminder that we remain in an ongoing battle for the soul of America.”
Jul. 5, 2022
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Israeli Interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid, June 30, 2022. Credit: Prime Minister's Office.
Senior Contributing Editor
Yair Lapid’s attempt to appeal to the majority
In his maiden speech as interim prime minister, the Yesh Atid leader said that “most Israelis agree on the ‘truly important topics.’” Ironically, the people to whom he was referring are to the right of his party, and the left won’t tolerate any pandering to them.
Jul. 3, 2022
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