Ruthie Blum
ARTICLES BY: Ruthie Blum
A Deadly Deadline?
Following a second day of talks between top American, European and Iranian diplomats in Oman on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry admitted that...
The Temple Mount and Global Jihad
On Thursday, thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Border Police Superintendent Jadan Assad, from the Druze village of Beit Jan. The 38-year-old officer was...
Abbas and the Rabin Legacy
Tuesday marks the 19th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. As has been the case every year since that awful evening...
Haaretz’s All-Time Low
One tongue-in-cheek question that began circulating after Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic quoted an anonymous American official bad-mouthing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week is:...
Palestinian Terrorism is No Accident
On Wednesday afternoon, Abed al-Rahman Shaludi, a 21-year-old resident of east Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood, rammed his car at high speed into a group of people...
Israel Needs its Head Examined
On Monday, a decision was taken by the Israeli military to remove IDF guards from half of the communities surrounding Gaza. The army says...
‘Step by Step’ Toward a Nuclear Iran
While Americans began to panic this week about the spread of Ebola in the United States, and Israelis mourned the tragic loss of young...
Caught in Their Crossfire
Soon to vote on a resolution to boycott Israeli academics, the Doctoral Students Council at the City University of New York is showing itself to...
Abbas and His Cronies Laugh All the Way to the Bank
What a happy Eid al-Adha season it has been for Hamas. Not only did Israel ease restrictions on travel from Gaza and the Palestinian Authority...
Penitence and the Bigger Picture
Every year at this time, the Israeli public is treated to tips on how to get through Yom Kippur with minimal suffering. Pointers include the...
Words Matter
As he set off for New York to address the 69th U.N. General Assembly on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that he would...
The Secret of ISIS Success
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted in favor of President Barack Obama's proposal to arm and train Syrian rebels to combat the Islamic State group...
We Should Act Accordingly
On Monday, the Israeli Counterterrorism Bureau issued strong travel warnings for "ŽIsraelis and Jews planning trips abroad, particularly to Western Europe, over the "Župcoming...
A Sad Anniversary
I awoke on Sept. 11, 2001, in an agitated state. I was going to have to tell my boss that I would be leaving work...
