Ruthie Blum
ARTICLES BY: Ruthie Blum
Trump Introduces Orthodox Legal Exec as ‘Israel Consultant’ During Meeting With Jewish Journalists
“One of the benefits of a person like [Donald Trump] is that he really wants to hear from everyone, so he listens to many people...
Trump Defends Israel, Bashes Media in Meeting With Jewish Journalists
“When missiles are being shot into your country, I don’t know what ‘disproportionate force’ is supposed to mean,” Republican primary candidate Donald Trump told The...
International Law Expert: Palestinian Security Council Resolution Condemning Israeli Settlements Political Statement, Not Binding (VIDEO)
A Palestinian Authority-drafted UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements would not be legally binding, even if it passed, an expert in international law said...
Col. Richard Kemp: Israel an ‘Outpost of Strength,’ Europe on ‘Spiral Downward to Obliteration’
Discussing the challenges democracies face in confronting unconventional warfare, a retired British Army officer on Tuesday touted the Jewish state as exemplary. Asked about the case of...
Kerry’s Unlearned Hiroshima Lesson
On Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his counterparts from Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Italy went to Japan to pay homage to...
Report: Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty to Undergo Changes as Saudi Arabia Enters Equation, Takes Possession of Strategic Islands in Gulf of Aqaba
An Egyptian newspaper reported on Monday that the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt is likely to undergo some changes due to regional developments, according...
Report: Israeli Government Quietly Implementing Levy Report Recommendations on Legality of Settlements
The Levy Report on the legality of West Bank settlement construction, though never officially adopted by the Israeli government, is being informally implemented, a newly released...
Stabs at Glorifying Terror
Last Oct. 13, a few weeks into the current "knife intifada," a 22-year-old Palestinian named Baha Alyan boarded a Jerusalem bus with an accomplice --...
Major Jewish Organizations Decry Bernie Sanders’ ‘Wildly Inaccurate’ Claim That ‘Over 10,000 Innocent People Killed in Gaza’; Candidate Disputes Account
American Jewish leaders decried an allegation about Israel made by Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders during a meeting with the editorial board of the New York Daily...
Cyber-Security Expert: More Damage Done to Israeli Economy by Daily Hacking Than Annual #OpIsrael Attack
Over a 24-hour period, a mass cyberattack against Israeli government and private business websites was launched by the hacker group "Anonymous," the Hebrew news site nrg reported...
Media Monitor: Abbas Tells Palestinians Entire State of Israel ‘Occupied,’ Calls for Peace When Addressing Foreign Audiences (VIDEO)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks in “two languages” when articulating his policies on Israel, a Jerusalem-based research institute reported on Wednesday. According to the Palestinian Media...
Swedish-Jewish Activist ‘Not Surprised’ Israeli Teacher in Malmö Told to Seek Employment Far From School Children ‘Who Hate Jews’
A Swedish-Jewish intellectual said she was "not the least bit surprised" to learn of a report in the Israeli press on Tuesday about a teacher in Malmö...
Primary Distractions From Iran
Ahead of Tuesday's Wisconsin presidential primaries, US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was in Israel, the destination he chose for his first foreign trip...
‘Coming Full Circle’: Israeli Hero’s Widow Weds Husband’s Former Rabbi, Teacher
The widow of an Israeli commander who sacrificed himself to save the lives of his soldiers nearly a decade ago wed one of her late husband’s...
