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In the wake of Oct. 7, is a unified Jerusalem even more significant?

“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 5

On Jerusalem Day, former Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom Mark Regev and JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum ask if the status quo in place since the Jewish state recaptured its eternal capital during the Six-Day War in June 1967 needs to be changed.

Has the unification of the city under Israeli control become even more important after Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, or has the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip taken away the ability to celebrate right now?

In addition, hear them debate the Biden administration’s backing for Israel’s battles against the Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups.

Check out the new JNS TV show “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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