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What will it take to push Hezbollah back?

“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 17

The news cycle in Israel changes every few hours, and this week was no different!

In this episode of “Israel Undiplomatic,” JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, former Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom and both former advisers at the Prime Minister’s Office, discuss the most recent hostage rescue of a Bedouin man from the Negev and also try to understand how Israel will bring safety to its residents in the country’s north.

Also, was Israel’s “preemptive” action against Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon on Sunday enough, or will the terror organization need to be pushed back with Israeli ground forces?

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.
There’s been an uptick in Palestinian Authority rhetoric aimed at the U.S. ambassador.
Iran “doesn’t believe in talking to its neighbors,” said Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan.


The measure will remain in place until further notice.
Home Front Command and “purple” initiatives help vulnerable populations access shelters, information and essential services.
“The Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, is also closed” due to the wartime cross-country restrictions, the American diplomat stressed.
The defendants are accused of conducting surveillance on Jewish institutions in London.