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Bibas murders: The one thing no one is talking about

WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 43

Join JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, former Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom—both former advisers at the Prime Minister’s Office—as they take apart what Israel’s reaction should be to the brutal murder of Shiri Bibas, and her two young sons, as well as 83-year-old Oded Lifchitz, at the hands of Hamas in Gaza.

What should Israel learn from this? Should it move on to Phase 2 or call it quits? And how does the world view the deaths of the youngest and oldest in society, their thoughts on the Jewish state notwithstanding?

Hear what everyone in Israel is talking about every week on Israel Undiplomatic!

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.
Mark Regev is an Australian-Israeli diplomat, government advisor, and former ambassador. He served as Israel’s Ambassador to the UK (2016–2020) and as Senior Advisor for Foreign Affairs and International Communications to Prime Minister Netanyahu (2020–2021). Currently, he is the Chairman of the Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations at Reichman University. Regev co-hosts Undiplomatic on JNS TV’s YouTube channel alongside Ruthie Blum.
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