Israeli government

Will the New Government Create Change or Kick the Can Down the Road?

On today’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten interviews Israeli travel expert Yomi Groner. Groner talks about many issues affecting the lives of Israelis on a daily basis which he hopes the new government, under Prime Minister Netanyahu, will address. He would like concrete steps to be taken in regard to transportation, pension payments, and housing, in addition to the topics which are usually the focus of the news cycle. Also on the show, Josh gives his take on the election results, and calls out the haters who claim the sky is falling and that Israel is doomed following the rightward results. Some of those same people have been holding Israel to a different standard for years regardless of the government makeup.

Photo Credit: USAID Administrator Mark Green visit to Israel, Aug. 2019

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New Elections or a New Government from Within?

Will Israel be headed to its fifth Knesset elections in the past three and a half years or will an opposition member – namely former Prime Minister Netanyahu succeed in forming a government within the current Knesset? The Israeli public should have an answer to that question by the end of the week. At the same time the EU obsession with trying to bring Iran into the mainstream world community continues with Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the EU, reportedly visiting Tehran. Israel’s Foreign Minister (and possible interim Prime Minister) Yair Lapid was not too pleased with the visit, on the heels of reports that the Iranians had plotted to murder Israelis in Turkey. Plus all the latest news from Israel on this week’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten.

Photo Credit: Knesset_1368 / Commons Wikimedia

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How is Bibi Similar to Bismarck: 17-04-19

I had a reunion with my old co-host Daniela Giulia Traub on the Israel Victory Podcast today. She joined me, Joshua Hasten and Rachel Touitou to discuss the week’s events in Israel including will Bibi succeed with coalition building? How is Bibi similar to Bismarck? Does Israel need US aid? What do Israelis think of American Jewry reaction to our elections? And how was the new season of GOT received in the Middle East?

Posted by Josh Hasten in Israel Victory Podcast