Ruthie Blum
ARTICLES BY: Ruthie Blum
Israel’s Coordinator of Gov’t Activities in West Bank, Gaza to Hold First-Ever Live Facebook Chat in Arabic to Answer Palestinians’ Questions
The head of Israel’s office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) will hold his first-ever live online chat in Arabic on...
Political Analysts: Egypt-Israel Relations at ‘Highest Level in History’
Egyptian-Israeli relations are at their “highest level in history,” a Jerusalem-based senior analyst for an international research organization told Al Jazeera on Sunday. Nathan Thrall, from...
Soon-to-Be-Released Document Instructs Israeli Soldiers in ‘Ethics’ of Engagement With Palestinians, Humane Behavior Under Volatile Circumstances
A new document that aims to prepare IDF soldiers for ethical dilemmas they are likely to encounter while serving in the West Bank is in...
Controversy Erupts Over IDF Proposal for Women Combat Soldiers to Serve in Tanks on Battlefield
A former major-general in the Israel Defense Forces who wrote the army’s guidelines for "appropriate integration" of women in combat blasted a new proposal to allow...
Alt-Left Delete
The term “alt-right,” which nobody had heard of until the unexpected emergence and rise of Donald Trump in the US presidential election campaign, has become...
Israeli Spokesman Acknowledges Government Giving Money to Cash-Strapped Palestinian Authority to Promote Stability, Rejects Poverty-Terrorism Link
“Israel strongly rejects the contention that poverty is a sufficient, or even a necessary, cause of terrorism,” a spokesperson for the country’s Consulate General in New York...
Hasidic Volunteers Sift Through 300 Tons of Garbage to Find Lost Tefillin With Sentimental Value to Distraught Owner
A recent massive two-day search at a Rochester, New York landfill for a missing bag containing a tallit and tefillin (Jewish prayer shawl and phylacteries) was successful,...
Top Iranian Military Adviser Warns of ‘Harm to US’ If President-Elect Trump Succumbs to ‘Zionists,’ Cancels Nuclear Deal
A top military aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that "harm" would come to the US if President-elect Donald Trump cancels the nuclear...
Stock of Israeli Company Specializing in ‘Smart’ Border Fences on Sharp Rise Since Trump Election
The market value of an Israeli security company specializing in technologically advanced border fences has been rising sharply since Donald Trump won the US presidential...
America’s ‘No Fair’ Cry Babies
Since last Wednesday, when Donald Trump was officially declared the winner of the US presidential election, college professors across the country have been excusing their...
Artificial Habitat Created to Prevent Extinction of Fish Found Only in Israel
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) inaugurated an artificial habitat to save a species of fish found only in Israel from extinction, the Hebrew...
Report: Hezbollah Parades Armored Cars, Anti-Tank Missiles to Flex Muscles at Israel
In what is purported to be a flexing of muscles for Israeli consumption, the Shi'ite terrorist group Hezbollah held a military parade in Syria on Sunday,...
Infamous Anti-Israel Professor Storms Off Debate on ‘Double Standards’ Towards Jewish State, After Calling Moderator a ‘Certified Moron’
Calling the moderator of a debate “a certified moron,” controversial anti-Israel professor Norman Finkelstein abruptly stormed off the air when he was asked to “dial...
Report: Senior Iranian Cleric Warns President-Elect Trump ‘Not to Play Around’ With Tehran; Says Democrats, Republicans Both in ‘Service of Zionists’
A senior Iranian cleric warned US President-elect Donald Trump during prayers on Friday "not [to] play around with Iran," and vowed that the Islamic Republic...
