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Israel reacts to Trump’s victory

“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 27

Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev
(Nov. 6, 2024 / JNS)

Israelis this morning woke up to the news of Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election and breathed a collective sigh of relief.

They’ll soon find out if their high hopes are valid or if President Trump switches course in his second term. And how will a Trump presidency affect the current war and efforts to free the hostages?

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—discuss all this and more on the latest 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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