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Gedaliah Blum

Gedaliah Blum is the co-founder of the Heartland Initiative, a platform enhancing global engagement with Israel, and Dapei Katom, which supports family-run businesses in Israel's heartland.

Crowds of Israelis wave flags at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 18, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s unfinished fight for true independence

The struggle continues 76 years on.

May 14, 2024

Tens of thousands of Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip walk through a humanitarian corridor to the safety of southern Gaza, Nov. 10, 2023. Photo by Majdi Fathi/TPS.

The Gaza paradox

Allowing voluntary emigration from the Strip could be the key to Gaza’s future.

January 11, 2024

Otzma Yehudit Party chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Religious Zionism Party head Bezalel Smotrich at a campaign event in Sderot, Oct. 26, 2022. Photo by Flash90.

It’s time for the Israeli right to take a step back

I voted for Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, but what if pushing right-wing policies is causing irreconcilable differences among our brothers and sisters?

March 14, 2023

A friendship declaration ceremony between the Binyamin Regional Council and Nassau County, New York Governor Israel Gantz and County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman. Source: Heartland Initiative.

Public diplomacy and grassroots cooperation are crucial for Israel’s future

Strengthening Israel’s ties with the world and combating antisemitism.

February 19, 2023

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joined by members of their delegations, participate in a bilateral meeting on Jan. 27, 2020, in the Oval Office. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Right-wing opponents of the Trump peace plan have lost perspective

Unfortunately, to judge from many of the reactions on the Israeli right to the plan, one might think the U.S. administration had come out in support of a jihadi state of Palestine.

February 17, 2020