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BREAKING: Is Israel being forced to accept the latest hostage agreement?

“Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 37

Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev
(Jan. 15, 2025 / JNS)

Israelis are torn between those who support the latest Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal and those who oppose it.

Many are asking why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suddenly accepted this seemingly bad deal that doesn’t even promise to free all the hostages. Was Netanyahu coerced by Washington, or were concessions promised to Israel that will become apparent in the future?

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 weigh in on all the latest developments on this episode of “Israel Undiplomatic.”

Ruthie Blum
Ruthie Blum 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.
Mark Regev
Mark Regev Mark Regev
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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