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Did Kamala snub Netanyahu in Congress?

“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 12

Former Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom Mark Regev and JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum dissect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s July 24 speech to Congress ahead of his meetings with U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, also the 2024 GOP presidential candidate.

Netanyahu’s speech before the joint session of Congress focused on the importance of Israel’s national security and the need for the United States to support Israel in combating the threat from Iran.

But are the Israeli people behind their prime minister, or are Israeli politics so divided that such a move was contested? Will the Democratic Party continue to support Israel as major Democratic figures refused to attend the speech?

All this and more 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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