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Who’s at fault for failed hostage negotiations?

“Israel Undiplomatic” with Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev, Ep. 16

The hostage talks with the Hamas terrorist group in Doha seem to have hit a wall, and in classic Israeli fashion, everyone is pointing fingers.

In this episode of “Israel Undiplomatic,” 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, try to get to the bottom of the latest developments.

Also, six hostage bodies are recovered from the Gaza Strip; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken blames Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Palestinian terror wave escalates in the Jewish state; and what might happen on the northern border with Lebanon.

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.
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