Ruthie Blum

No, Bibi didn’t agree to the insane Biden-Macron proposal

Hearing the initial report of a 21-day ceasefire, Israelis went as ballistic as the missiles being fired at them from every direction. Op-ed.

Restating the obvious: Hamas isn’t negotiating

“Unfortunately, many people repeat the narrative that in fact we are the ones preventing a deal,” said Gal Hirsch. “But this is a lie.” Op-ed.

Kamala's narrative of moral equivalence

The news of another six murdered hostages, among them American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, makes the U.S. administration’s pressure on Israel for an end to the war all the more appalling. Op-ed.

The high cost to the hostages of ‘enlightened’ hypocrisy

Sound policy does and should drown out the Bibi-bashing for the sake of the men, women and children in the clutches of an actual monster. Op-ed.

Joe Biden’s sycophants in the Hebrew media

That broadcasters Oded Ben-Ami and Yonit Levi are able to take time out of their frenetic schedules to hail the U.S. president as a high-functioning Zionist hero is as politically transparent as it is embarrassing. Op-ed.

En route to Beirut?

Israel must stop engaging in tit-for-tat strikes against Hezbollah and launch a serious campaign in Lebanon. "Red lines” aren't merely for coloring books. Opinion.

‘If only we had known’

Neighbors of the hostage-holders in Nuseirat express self-pity, not sorrow for the captives next door. Op-ed.

Heroes in flip-flops

In Gaza, they’re battling Hamas. When on leave in Israel, they’re changing diapers. The contrast is both charming and jarring. It is also in contrast to the op-ed posted before it, titled "My brothers, do not commit this wrongful act."

Has Israel’s security apparatus learned nothing from Oct. 7?

The quiet release of Shifa Hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya to Gaza is a travesty that must not go unpunished. Opinion.

‘Leadership’ and ‘unity,’ Ehud Barak-style

A new research center at Tel Aviv University is backed by and named after the failed former prime minister who’s been fomenting societal schisms. Op-ed.

The ‘conceptzia’ is harder to combat than Hamas

The IDF spokesman should learn to keep his pre-Oct. 7 ideas to himself or take a hike with his boss, Herzi Halevi. Opinion.

Compassionate Israelis, complicit Gazans

The heroic hostage-rescue operation brought out the best in the Jewish state and typical sociopathy in the Strip. Op-ed.

Labor Party pipe dreams

Outlawing Yair Golan’s despicable activism and statements bordering on treason during war isn’t the best way to discredit him. He does that all on his own. Op-ed.

Hamas barbarism in living color

Even impeccable Israeli "hasbara" can’t compete with Pallywood productions and comparable fake news, regardless of how blatantly mendacious. Op-ed.

Gallant, go home

The Israeli defense minister’s disgraceful display was—in the words of the late baseball great Yogi Berra—“like déjà vu all over again.” And despite the protests against him, he has the gall to speak about his "plan." Opinion.

Lindsey Graham lets Lloyd Austin have it

“This is Hiroshima and Nagasaki on steroids,” the South Carolina senator told the defense secretary about Israel’s need to defeat Hamas in Gaza.

The perils of a bad deal

We can’t let policy be dictated by the feelings of the families and friends of the hostages. Take the case of Gilad Shalit, for example. Opinion.

Shai Davidai’s war on campus antisemitism

It takes courage and a dire situation for a left-wing academic to risk his livelihood and social standing to combat Hamas-inspired Jew-hatred. Opinion.

Iran’s attack was a casus belli, not a ‘retaliation’

Dubbing IRGC headquarters in Syria a “diplomatic mission” is like calling Shifa a hospital. Opinion.

It ain’t over ’til it’s over

Contrary to panicked assessments, the exit of troops from Khan Yunis doesn’t signal the end of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Opinion.

Blinken’s Rafah blunder

The U.S. secretary of state’s warnings to Israel are music to Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s ears. Opinion.

Yahya Sinwar’s false hopes for survival

If the Hamas chief believes that condemnation of IDF actions in Gaza is going to end the war and leave him in power, he’s existing in a pre-Oct. 7 universe. Op-ed.

Anti-haredi sentiment and the haredi boycott of Angel Bakeries

Former Public Security Min. Barlev is a private citizen but he’s also the chairman of a commercial enterprise. Op-ed.

The Jerusalem rally was a reminder-the left, not democracy, lost

The Orwellian doublespeak of the Israeli left is so blatant that it’s putting regular propaganda to shame. Op-ed

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Tears of heartbreak and joy

Baruch Ben-Yigal’s story is a perfect metaphor for the indelible link between death and rebirth that is Israel’s curse and blessing.Op-ed.

Israel's memorial days and inexcusable hyperbole

President Herzog conveyed an appropriate Yom Hashoah message, but the people who most needed to heed it weren’t listening. Op-ed.

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Saluting the unsung heroes of the Israeli Air Force

The well-deserved high standing of IAF pilots has gone to their heads. Op-eds.

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The Israeli defense minister’s shameful retreat

Prominently on display in Yoav Gallant’s speech were two traits that make him unfit for his job: cowardice and betrayal. Op-ed.

Denouncing judicial reforms won’t have the effect Herzog desires

Herzog's attempt to broker a compromise by appeasing the “resistance” is a waste of time. Op-ed.

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Three Jewish funerals and an Israeli hate-fest

The terrorist murder of two children and a newlywed didn’t put a dent in the demonstration against the so-called “death of democracy.”Op-ed.

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The Israeli left’s violent rhetoric and phony ‘apologies’

It’s hard to believe that the anti-government propagandists could sink any lower, but they managed this week to outdo themselves.Op-ed.

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Terror in Jerusalem, PLO flags in Tel Aviv

Protesters bemoaning a concocted danger-the “death of Israeli democracy”-made a mockery of the actual mass murder of innocents. Op-ed.

Lapid’s lament: ‘There’s only one truth, and the rest is a lie’

The reductive portrait of Israelis’ connection to the Jewish state painted by the country's opposition leader is beyond the pale. Opinion.

Penalizing Palestinian Arab lawfare

The new gov't responded harshly to the P.A.-spurred UNGA resolution calling on the Hague for an opinion on Israeli “occupation." Op-ed.

The false prophets of an impending Israeli apocalypse

With dire predictions about the end of democracy, the sore losers to the new government will do even worse in the next election. Op-ed.

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Israel’s new diaspora minister hits the ground running

Min. Chikli ordered an immediate halt to Nachman Shai's multi-million-shekel contribution to a leftist NGO with a progressive agenda. Op-ed.

Is Alan Dershowitz right to warn against the ‘override clause’?

The world-renowned attorney has proven trustworthy in his views on the Jewish state, even if one disagrees with some of them. Op--ed.

No, Hady Amr is not ‘our friend’

AJC's lauding Biden appoiintee anti-Israel Amr after expressing concern about the incoming government in Jerusalem is beyond inexcusable.

No, the ‘override clause’ won’t ‘crush’ Israeli democracy

The case for the incoming coalition to reduce the Supreme Court’s self-invested power to rule against laws enacted by the Knesset. Op-ed.

Judgment day for Israel’s legal system

The punishment for a Bedouin who sodomized a little girl in her Negev home shows the need for a “full, full, right-wing” government.Op-ed;

The hypocrisy of the Israeli left’s calling dibs on democracy

The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Comm. chairman,says that if the public chooses Netanyahu, Israel will morph into the 3rd Reich.Op-ed

Yair Lapid’s holiday bloopers

Just as worrisome as his ignorance of basic Judaism is the fact that he can't even fake it. What awaits us for Sukkot, I wonder. Op-ed.

Look who’s interfering in the elections to block Netanyahu win

Israeli voters must take into account that Iran and the PA are working to keep the Likud Party leader from reassuming the premiership.Op-ed.

The political suicide of the Israeli elite

The anniversary of the death of Dudu Topaz is a reminder of the cultural root of polarization in the Jewish state. Op-ed.

Honoring Joe Biden, dishonoring Taylor Force

That Biden, who reversed the freeze on US aid to the “pay for slay” PA, is receiving Israel’s Presidential Medal is worse than ironic.Op-ed.

Bolstering Bibi by deriding his backers

Former Israeli TV anchor Gadi Sukenik’s critique was clear: Anyone casting a ballot for Likud belongs in the baboon category. Op-ed.

Fear terrorism, not the Israelis defending against it

Contrary to the aspersions cast by external or internal ill-wishers, Israelis are far from trigger-happy. Op-ed.

Jihad by any other name

There it was: an admission that the ‘nakba’ always has been the root of the conflict, which is why 2 states are not what the PA seeks.Op-ed.

Mahmoud Abbas plays Benny Gantz for a fool

Israel’s defense minister's latest session with the Palestinian Authority leader was certainly not “confidence-building.” Opinion.

Eating Knesset candy and drinking the Kool-Aid

The whole plenum looked as puerile last week as it’s been sounding, with verbiage and decibel levels not even fit for a playground. Op-ed.

Israel's far-left Labor leader has been robbed of deniability

The court's overruling the Knesset committee ban on Ibtisam Mara’ana-Menuhin’s run on the Labor Party list is good for the right. Op-ed.

A pregnant pause to consider vaccine denial

Grieving relatives of the Israeli mother and fetus who died of COVID-19 should not have to argue with arrogant, ignorant anti-vaxxers. Op-ed

Days of awe (and loopholes)

Everyone is blaming everyone else, lignoring rules, and not looking in the mirror. It’s not exactly the spirit of the Days of Awe, Op-ed

Hell hath no fury like peaceniks upstaged

It’s hard to keep track of their many and disparate gripes, but it’s very easy to spot their hypocrisy. Opinion.

Viral apathy in Israel

What is going on? Why are Israelis, who were so conscientious about the first lockdown, rebelling against the corona rules? Op-ed.

The gang rape at the Red Sea Hotel

While there is national consensus in Israel about the evils of sexual abuse, there's little agreement on root causes of the problem. Opinion