Josh Hasten, Middle East correspondent for JNS and co-host of the JNS podcast “Jerusalem Minute,” joins Newsmax 2 to discuss the latest news on the Israel-Hamas war and the implications of Iran’s President Raisi’s death.
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Turning a Blind Eye to Terror Tunnels
The IDF this week revealed that troops discovered at least 50 tunnels leading from Egypt into Rafah. On today’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten says that obviously the Egyptians knew that Hamas was importing weapons, literally under their noses, but failed to act. At the same time Egypt has reinforced their above ground border, not letting Gazans flee into their country. Nevertheless, the anti-Israel haters ignore Egypt (and Hamas) and blame the Jewish State for everything going on in Gaza.
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New immigrants making a difference as IDF ‘lone soldiers’
On Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day), Israelis celebrate the bravery and heroism of those who fought in the 1948 War of Independence to ensure the survival of the fledgling Jewish state.
Remembering Those Who Sacrificed It All
On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten discusses Israel’s Memorial Day – Yom Hazikaron, which this year carries many fresh wounds following the October 7, massacre. He also discusses the Biden Administration’s decision to impose an arms embargo against the Jewish State in the middle of a just war to defeat Hamas evil. Prime Minister Netanyahu insists that Israel will finish off Hamas, on our own, if necessary. Plus, Israel gears up for Independence Day – Yom Ha’azmaut even as the war wages on, with Israeli troops now fighting in Rafah and in other parts of Gaza. Chag Sameach to all!
Netanyahu: Rafah Operation is HAPPENING
Prime Minister Netanyahu has declared that a Rafah operation will happen regardless of whether Hamas accepts the new hostage deal offered by Israel. But how much longer will Israel wait to go in? How much of this rhetoric is public diplomacy and how much can be trusted as actual policy?
JNS CEO Alex Traiman and Middle East correspondent Josh Hasten analyze this story in all its angles as well as top stories happening in Israel
– ICC threatening arrest warrant against Netanyahu
– Biden administration accusing whole IDF units of human rights violations
– Violent anti-Israel protests across campus
– Antony Blinken’s Middle East trip and much more!
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Never Again Is Now
As world Jewry commemorates Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, on today’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten says that the same Jew-hatred which existed in Nazi Germany is very much alive today. He said that while the October 7 massacre isn’t the Holocaust, the same ideology – which seeks to wipe the Jewish People off the face of the earth, is very much alive in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, in Europe, and on college campuses in the United States, in the form of Jihad.
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Judea and Samaria face new reality of aerial terrorism

Binyamin Regional Council head Israel Ganz (in black T-shirt) and IDF Central Command Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox (on Ganz’s left) during the search for 14-year-old shepherd Binyamin Achimeir. Credit: Binyamin Regional Council Spokesperson.
The more than half a million Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria are no strangers to terrorism. In 2023, the region saw a 350% increase in terrorist attacks compared to the previous year. There were 300 shooting attacks last year, the most since the second intifada in the early 2000s.
New, inclusive Haggadah aims to empower your seder
A brand-new Passover Haggadah titled, “Empowering Seder Conversations,” published just in time for the holiday, is designed to promote inclusion at the Seder table, making the special evening more accessible for those suffering from aphasia and other neurological challenges.
Rising Violence in Israel During Ramadan
Two terror attacks (one in Beer Sheba and another in Gan Yavneh) rock Israel as violence and incitement during Ramadan increases. JNS CEO Alex Traiman and Middle East Correspondent Josh Hasten also discuss.
– the US Rafah Alternative
– Missile Attack in Eilat
– Hostage Protests merging with anti-government demonstrations
and much more!
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US Paves the Way for More Attacks Against Israel
What will be the repercussions of the US allowing a UN Ceasefire resolution to pass? Has this irreparably harmed the relationship? Has this opened Israel up to new attacks?
JNS CEO Alex Traiman and Middle East Correspondent Josh Hasten discuss this and
– The Iranian plot thwarted by the IDF
– Egypt and Displaced Gazans
– Terrorists returning to Shifah Hospital and much more!