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Israel unleashes on Hamas

WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 45

In this episode of “Israel Undiplomatic,” JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum and former Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom Mark Regev—both former advisers at the Prime Minister’s Office—break down Israel’s renewed offensive against Hamas and the global reaction.

Topics discussed:

  • Why Israel resumed military action in the Gaza Strip
  • Hamas’s refusal to release hostages and the strategic impact
  • U.S. backing under Trump and its role in the conflict
  • Iran’s influence and the regional power struggle
  • Hezbollah’s diminished role in Lebanon
  • Internal Israeli protests and the Netanyahu-Shin Bet controversy
  • Global media bias and the hypocrisy at the United Nations

With hostage families divided, military pressure escalating and diplomatic tensions rising, is this the final push to eliminate Hamas?

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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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