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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, Ep. 69
Washington’s visa revocation was a message meant just as much for the Western leaders who’d planned on hailing Abbas at the U.N. as it was for those denied entry.
A snapshot of the Israel I love.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 68
Both the government and those who oppose it want all the hostages to come home in one fell swoop and for the war to end. So, what’s the fight about?
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 67
Judges who prioritize the well-being of Hamas terrorists over that of the hostages need to adjust their moral compass.
Had its conclusions been implemented, the current situation might have unfolded differently. Protesters certainly wouldn’t be staging a strike.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 66
When did cutting off one’s own nose ever succeed in spiting his foe’s face? The answer is that the protest movement considers Netanyahu a greater enemy than Hamas.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 65
What good is public diplomacy when Israeli “elites” parrot, if not craft, the enemies’ talking points?