Newsweek reported Ruddy praised Clinton for his foundation's global work, and explained that the interview, as well as a private lunch he and Scaife had had with Clinton (which Ruddy says was orchestrated by Ed Koch), were due to the shared view of himself and Scaife that Clinton was doing important work representing the U.S. globally while America was the target of criticism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ruddy
A crowd of 1,200 attended the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)’s 119th Louis D. Brandeis Award National Dinner on Sunday, November 12, at New York City’s elegant Grand Hyatt Hotel. Amidst the night’s truly extraordinary list of VIPs, honorees included the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman; Senator Tom Cotton (R–AK), former Democratic Senator and Vice-Presidential Candidate Joseph Lieberman; Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard University Alan Dershowitz; CEO of Newsmax, Chris Ruddy; and Cong. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Cong. Lee Zeldin (R-NY); Former Chief strategist for the President, Steve Bannon. Over 150 student activists from various universities and colleges around the country attended.
https://zoa.org/2017/11/10377049-1200-at-zoa-gala-headlined-by-amb-david-friedman-sen-tom-cotton-sen-joe-lieberman-alan-dershowitz-chris-ruddy-steve-bannon-bruno-wu/