Ruthie Blum / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Ruthie Blum / JNS.org
A Palestinian Celebration of ‘Empress of Terror’ Fusako Shigenobu
JNS.org - When “empress of terror” Fusako Shigenobu was released from Tokyo’s Hachioji prison on Saturday, Palestinian groups hailed her as a heroine and bemoaned...
Noa Tishby’s Surprisingly Welcome Splash on the ‘Hasbara’ Scene
JNS.org – Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s appointment last month of Noa Tishby as the country’s first-ever Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization of...
Israel’s Memorial Day Is About War, Not Peace
JNS.org - The purpose of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, which begins on Tuesday evening, is to pay...
Where the ‘Dual Loyalty’ Accusation Actually Applies
JNS.org – In a speech on Tuesday night, former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman refuted the anti-Semitic canard that Diaspora Jews who defend and...
Obfuscating the Particularity of Passover
JNS.org - In an op-ed in The Jerusalem Post on Friday, Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai described visiting the Poland-Ukraine border, where he witnessed...
How the US Perpetuates Palestinian Violence
JNS.org - The US State Department welcomed the first night of Passover with an admonition against violence. “We are closely monitoring events in Jerusalem during this...
A Ramadan Intifada?
JNS.org - The Muslim month of Ramadan, which began on Friday night, is already proving to be the challenge that Israeli authorities had anticipated. Palestinians...
Jihad by Any Other Name
JNS.org - In his column in Haaretz on Thursday, Gideon Levy bemoaned that terrorism “is the only way open to the Palestinians to fight for...
Mahmoud Abbas Plays Benny Gantz for a Fool
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz must have known that hosting Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at his home in Rosh Ha’ayin would arouse...
Iran’s Military Gears Up for Vienna Talks by Vowing to Annihilate Israel
JNS.org - Renewed negotiations over a return to or revision of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the nuclear deal between Iran and world...
Bennett’s Big Twitter Blunder
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett chose a particularly inopportune moment to enrage disgruntled voters. Though a member of his staff was likely responsible...
A Turkish Hostage Crisis in the Making?
JNS.org - The arrest in Turkey last week of an innocent Israeli couple on holiday illustrates the utter uselessness of diplomacy when dealing with evil...
They’re Terrorists, Not ‘Security prisoners’
JNS.org - How do news outlets love to portray the recent “great escape” from Israel’s Gilboa Prison? Let us count the ways. The first is to...
Iranian Aggression and Israel’s Fragile Coalition
JNS.org - At the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the country’s security situation. Referring to the Israel...
