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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.

English and Hebrew editions of the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Senior Contributing Editor
Did hell just freeze over at ‘Haaretz’?
The hatred for Benjamin Netanyahu on the part of Israel’s far-left daily runs so deep that it’s calling for a unity government under another nemesis: Naftali Bennett.
Apr. 27, 2021
Ruthie Blum
Iran Nuclear
Senior Contributing Editor
Natanz and anonymous Israeli ‘chatter’
Suddenly, Netanyahu’s mantra about not allowing Iran to obtain nuclear weapons is being treated by his foes as evidence that he’s violating Israel’s traditional tight lips on actions against the Islamic Republic.
Apr. 20, 2021
Ruthie Blum
The Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem a few days before Yom Hazikaron, April 11, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
A tribute to the bereaved parents of unsung fallen Israelis
The mothers and fathers of IDF soldiers who committed suicide are unable to engage in the kind of collective mourning that characterizes Memorial Day.
Apr. 13, 2021
Ruthie Blum
Mahmoud Abbas
Senior Contributing Editor
Abbas’s snubs work like a charm on Biden
The Palestinian Authority leader refused a phone call by the U.S. secretary of state on the grounds that it wasn’t “president to president.”
Apr. 6, 2021
Ruthie Blum
A Likud ballot at a polling station in Jerusalem, March 23, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Bibi at the ballot box
No wonder pundits have been referring to the dreaded coalition-building as a game of Sudoku. What they fail to mention is that it’s solely one side that won’t be able to solve the puzzle.
Mar. 23, 2021
Ruthie Blum
A June 2020 edition of Charlie Hebdo. Credit: M. Etcheverry/Shutterstock.
Senior Contributing Editor
Meghan Markle, George Floyd, Muhammad and free speech
The most that the staff of “Charlie Hebdo” will have to endure on the heels of the pathetic portrait of Queen Elizabeth is a slew of disgusted op-eds and social-media posts.
Mar. 16, 2021
Ruthie Blum
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine seen on the production line. Credit: Mike Mareen/Shutterstock.
Senior Contributing Editor
Pfizer and fake news
Thankfully, the pharmaceutical giant’s CEO, Albert Bourla, isn’t playing along with the media’s message about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mar. 9, 2021
Ruthie Blum
Labor Party member Ibtisam Mara’ana-Menuhin during the first meeting of newly elected members in Tel Aviv, Feb. 2, 2021. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Robbing Israel’s far-left Labor leader of plausible deniability
Contrary to common wisdom, the overruling of the ban on Ibtisam Mara’ana-Menuhin’s run in the Knesset election is good news for the right.
Mar. 2, 2021
Ruthie Blum
Osnat Ben Shitrit. Source: Instagram.
Senior Contributing Editor
A pregnant pause to consider vaccine denial
The grieving relatives of the Israeli mother and fetus who died of COVID-19 should not have to argue with anti-coronavirus-vaxxers, whose arrogance is outweighed only by their ignorance.
Feb. 23, 2021
Ruthie Blum
Israelis protest against the government's handling of coercion of vaccines at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on Feb. 15, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
When abundance breeds contempt
The ready availability of the COVID-19 vaccine makes it less valuable to Israelis who otherwise fight tooth and nail to be at the head of every line.
Feb. 16, 2021
Ruthie Blum
Isi Leibler. Credit: Courtesy.
Senior Contributing Editor
Soldiering on for the Jews and Israel
A new biography reveals the lifelong battles of Australian-Israeli warrior Isi Leibler.
Feb. 9, 2021
Ruthie Blum
Yehuda Meshi Zahav, chairman of Israel's ZAKA rescue unit outside sitting shivah for his mother in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, Jan. 19, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Yehuda Meshi Zahav’s crucial COVID message to fellow haredim
In the throes of profound personal loss, the founder of ZAKA is horrified by “the disregard for human life” among many members of the ultra-Orthodox community.
Jan. 26, 2021
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