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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.

WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum
The former Israel Security Agency director is last person who has the right to sermonize about accountability and leadership.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum
In case anyone in her milieu at home or abroad doubted the correctness of her politics, she set him/her (no pun intended) straight.
Anyone with Israel’s “best interests“ at heart wouldn’t have welcomed the witch hunt against the prime minister for the “crime“ of garnering votes.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum
Antisemitism may serve as a powerful push for individual Jews. But without a personal pull, the majority will stay put in the Diaspora.
As Americans celebrate the holiday of gratitude, antisemites spew their hatred of Jews and the United States.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum
Like its counterpart “Kan,” the military station is a left-wing leftover from a bygone era of nanny-state broadcasting.