Ruthie Blum
ARTICLES BY: Ruthie Blum
Peace Is Light-Years Away
If the leaders of the Palestinian Authority (PA) had invested as much time, energy and other people's money in building a flourishing society as they...
A Whole New Ballgame
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman delivered a speech this week that made the unbearably hot and humid weather feel like a breath of fresh...
It’s All Fake News
US President Donald Trump was vindicated this week, after CNN Supervising Producer John Bonifield was caught on a hidden camera admitting that his network has...
Ehud Barak’s ‘Slippery Slope’
In an interview Wednesday with Tim Sebastian -- host of the program "Conflict Zone" on German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle -- former Israeli Prime Minister...
Let’s Not Emulate the Left
As soon as details about the shooting spree at a baseball field in Virginia on Wednesday morning began to emerge, social media lit up with...
Cutting Abbas Down to Size
On Thursday, Bloomberg quoted a Palestinian Authority (PA) official saying that PA President Mahmoud Abbas is willing to forego his usual preconditions for negotiations with...
Questions of Societal Cluelessness
This week, I was contacted by a young woman conducting background research for an Israeli documentary on the socio-political fabric of the country. "We are seeking...
Manchester, Abbas and ‘Evil Losers’
On Monday night, a terrorist blew himself up outside the Manchester Arena as American singer Ariana Grande finished performing. The mass casualties -- 22 dead...
McMaster’s Western Wall Evasion
In a press briefing at the White House on Tuesday -- ahead of US President Donald Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia, Israel and Europe --...
The Next Failed Peace Talks
As part of US President Donald Trump's trip to Israel and the Palestinian Authority on May 22-23, he will meet with PA President Mahmoud Abbas...
A Sorely Needed Change in Climate
Last weekend, during a visit to Washington, DC, I was nearly knocked down by a mob of demonstrators. Had they known I was attempting to...
Birthday Suit
As Israel gears up to celebrate its 69th birthday, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is as busy as ever bemoaning the existence of the Jewish state....
Iran’s North Korean Path
Iran is reacting angrily to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's announcement on Tuesday, and to subsequent comments by US Defense Secretary James Mattis Wednesday,...
Putting ‘America First’ in the Mideast
America's surgical strike on Syrian regime targets a week and a half ago -- and this past Thursday's "mother of all non-nuclear bomb" attack on Sunni...
