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Trudy Rubin

Trudy Rubin is the foreign affairs columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and a member of the Inquirer's editorial board, at P.O. Box 8263, Philadelphia, PA. 19101.

The demonstrations by hostage families and supporters are so frenzied, so emotional, so desperate because they know their loved ones are being sacrificed, not for Israel's security needs, but for the political needs of their prime minister.

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Trudy Rubin: Keeping the Philadelphi Corridor will endanger Israel’s security and doom the remaining hostages

September 10, 2024 at 5:51 a.m.

The demonstrations by hostage families and supporters are so frenzied, so emotional, so desperate because they know their loved ones are being sacrificed, not for Israel's security needs, but for...

"Netanyahu is using these hostages for his political survival," said 52-year-old Sharone Lifschitz. "There were plenty of opportunities to return the hostages, but he used them to stay in power."

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Trudy Rubin: Netanyahu’s betrayal of remaining hostages could drag U.S. into a regional Mideast war

September 1, 2024 at 5:18 a.m.

"Netanyahu is using these hostages for his political survival," said 52-year-old Sharone Lifschitz. "There were plenty of opportunities to return the hostages, but he used them to stay in power."

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Trudy Rubin: Ukraine’s ‘Birdie,’ freed from captivity, recalls the horrors Russia inflicted on female POWs

July 12, 2024 at 5:33 a.m.

It was almost impossible to associate the red-haired young woman I met in a café with her experiences in the innermost circle of Russian hell.

Most Americans have no clue about the extent of civilian destruction, rape, murder, torture, and de-Ukrainization Putin has brought.

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Trudy Rubin: NATO dithers while Russia’s indiscriminate killing in Ukraine underlines that Putin only understands force

July 9, 2024 at 5:22 a.m.

Most Americans have no clue about the extent of civilian destruction, rape, murder, torture, and de-Ukrainization Putin has brought.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy next to a missile launcher.

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Trudy Rubin: Zelenskyy lays out how Ukraine can win, if the West loses its fear of Putin

July 2, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.

Putin is allied with Iran, North Korea, and China, which sees the fate of Ukraine as a litmus test for whether it can seize Taiwan.

A Ukrainian soldier walks in position on the front-line near Klishchyivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine

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Trudy Rubin: Ukraine’s head of military intelligence is behind Kyiv’s biggest victories this year. He sees no point in peace talks

June 26, 2024 at 9:19 a.m.

"In the end, I believe in the USA and that we will reach victory together."

Trudy Rubin

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Trudy Rubin: Keeping the Philadelphi Corridor will endanger Israel’s security and doom the remaining hostages

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Opinion |
Trudy Rubin: Netanyahu’s betrayal of remaining hostages could drag U.S. into a regional Mideast war

Opinion |
Trudy Rubin: Ukraine’s ‘Birdie,’ freed from captivity, recalls the horrors Russia inflicted on female POWs

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Trudy Rubin: NATO dithers while Russia’s indiscriminate killing in Ukraine underlines that Putin only understands force

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Trudy Rubin: Zelenskyy lays out how Ukraine can win, if the West loses its fear of Putin

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Trudy Rubin: Ukraine’s head of military intelligence is behind Kyiv’s biggest victories this year. He sees no point in peace talks

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Trudy Rubin: Ukraine’s volunteer spirit buoys its fight against Russia

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Trudy Rubin: I am in Ukraine to see if the war vs. Russia is still winnable

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Trudy Rubin: Netanyahu moves toward military reoccupation of Gaza with no exit strategy

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Trudy Rubin: The biggest story last week was not Stormy Daniels or campus protests