Corinne Baum

Corinne Baum is a freelance writer and editor. She moved to Israel in August 2023 from Fort Worth, Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri Reynolds Journalism Institute, where she specialized in cross-platform editing and production and minored in Russian. In her spare time, you can find her reading or at a yoga class. She currently lives in Jaffa.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arriving to the US.

Zelensky says Russia twice targeted his plane over Moldova in what he calls an intimidation attempt

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in support of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley, at Gastonia Municipal Airport in Gastonia, North Carolina, U.S., September 16, 2026.

Trump threatens to stop trade with Europe after EU pushes Canada to become associate bloc member

Donald Trump Jr. with his partner Bettina Anderson ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Kremlin insider Uman Kremlev helped pay for Trump Jr.'s wedding, couple confirms


'Why didn't you broadcast it': 'NAZA' co-director claims Israel did not cover Gaza civilian deaths

"Why didn’t you broadcast?” 'NAZA' co-director Abraham said in an interview. “You say [our film] wasn’t complex enough. Okay. So why didn’t you broadcast something complex yourself?”

Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 6, 2025.

Ex-CIA chief Petraeus was at Ukrainian station where Russia struck train, calls it an act of terror

“For those who have not been under fire, this was terrifying,” Petraeus told the New York Times on Sunday. “This is the act of a truly barbaric leader trying to terrorize Ukrainian civilians.”

Firefighters extinguish a car of a passenger train hit by a Russian drone strike at a railway station, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lutsk, Ukraine September 12, 2026.

No. 21: Volodymyr Zelensky: The Jewish president who became the face of Ukraine’s resistance

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s February 2022 invasion, an estimated 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died, at least 16,874 Ukrainian civilians have been killed.

Ukranian President Zelensky meets with The Jerusalem Post's Amichai Stein, March 16, 2026.

Blinken denies telling Qatar to delay Israel-Hamas hostage mediation

Blinken called a conversation between him and the Qatari emir a "complete fiction" after Haaretz claimed that he told the emir to wait to make a deal between Israel and Hamas.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the press in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on December 14, 2024.

Sen. Fetterman rejects former staffers' accusations of neglecting Senate duties as 'hit pieces'

The WSJ report cited interviews with former staffers who detailed how Fetterman has appeared to neglect his constituents’ concerns. In response, the senator called the report "smears."

U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) looks on as U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) presides over a vote whether to hold Anthony Fauci, the former director of the NIAID, contempt for having invoked the 5th Amendment.

Vance, Rubio, or Hegseth? Trump's inner circle quietly prepares for fierce US 2028 race - analysis

Trump, who completely remade the GOP in his image, may discover that choosing who inherits it is more difficult than choosing who serves beneath him

 US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by US Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, at the White House in Washington, D.C., US June 21, 2025, following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Smotrich enters joint ticket talks with former Likud MK Feiglin as Likud slams Ben-Gvir

Simultaneously, tensions grew between National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Likud party after he announced that Otzma Yehudit would not run together with the Religious Zionist Party.

(L-R): National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen in the Knesset plenum, December 29, 2022

CIA chief warned Moscow over Ukraine, Iran support, possible attack on NATO territory - report

CNN reported that Ratcliffe also used the trip to warn the Kremlin to cut off economic and military support for Iran.

The Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building behind Spasskaya Tower, in central Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2023.

Trump abandons June MoU terms, complicating diplomatic efforts to reopen Strait of Hormuz - WSJ

Sources familiar with the matter told the WSJ that Trump is no longer interested in the MoU, which has been heavily criticized as a deal that is too soft on Iran.

US President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a back-to-school-themed event to highlight his administration's education policies, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, August 24, 2026; illustrative.

Otzma Yehudit publishes children's book about Ben-Gvir's actions as Nat. Sec. minister

Otzma Yehudit's book reportedly summarizes National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s accomplishments as a minister and as the party’s chairman.

The cover of Ben-Gvir's new book "The minister who didn't stop."