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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. 64
The head of the GHF set the record straight about getting food to Gazans. But he didn’t scratch the surface of the anti-Israel slander.
Message to Trump’s Mideast envoy: Stop using terminology that encourages Israel’s enemies to stick to their literal and figurative guns.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 63
Palestinian terrorism isn’t the main impetus behind the push for annexation. No, the real reason is that Judea and Samaria constitute the biblical heartland of the Jewish people.
The newly released sequel to “The Trial” is a must-watch for anyone doubting the deep-state attempt to bring down Israel’s democratically elected leader through lawfare.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 62
The attempt to impeach the Knesset member was an assertion of the duty of a democracy to protect itself from internecine foes who use its freedoms as a weapon.
The Israeli pilots who joined protests against judicial reform before the Oct. 7 massacre owe their own technicians a debt of gratitude. So do the rest of us.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 61
The Israeli president’s official role is to represent the face of the country abroad and foster national unity at home. But his partisanship is getting in the way.
WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 60