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Israel unleashes on Iran. Will Trump join the fight?

WATCH: “Israel Undiplomatic” with Mark Regev and Ruthie Blum, Ep. 58

U.S. President Donald Trump finds himself at a historic crossroads as Israel continues a bold and highly coordinated military campaign to eliminate Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Will he authorize targeted U.S. airstrikes to help finish the job, or will the isolationist wing of the MAGA movement keep America on the sidelines?

JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom—both former advisers in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office—are here to break it down: Will the United States join Israel in its war against Iran?

  • Blum and Regev present both sides of the argument:
  • The case for American intervention, including the strategic opportunity to dismantle the Iranian nuclear threat once and for all.
  • The case against direct involvement, highlighting risks to U.S. troops and the political pressure Trump faces from anti-war voices inside his own party.

Also discussed:

  • The unprecedented success of Israel’s preemptive strikes
  • Whether Iran’s regime is collapsing from within
  • What role America is playing behind the scenes
  • How this moment could reshape the Middle East and possibly free the hostages still held in Gaza.

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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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