On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Ruthie Blum, former advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She discusses the visit of Syria’s Ahmed Al-Sharaa to the White House and the resignation of Netanyahu’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer. Afshin Rattansi challenges her on Israel’s arming and supporting of Hamas, Ron Dermer advocating the use of economic measures to lower Palestinian birth rates and preserve an Israeli majority, the assassination of Charlie Kirk and his turn against Israel before his death, J.D. Vance’s embrace of the anti-Israel MAGA base, Donald Trump’s admission of Miriam Adelson’s significant influence over his administration, the exodus of Jews from Israel as the Gaza genocide continues despite the ceasefire, a potential second Israeli war on Iran, whether it’s time to wrap up the Zionist project, and much more.
