Josh Hasten

Planting The Seeds of The Future in Israel’s Arava Desert

The Sands of Samar, a dune expanse in the Arava region of southern Israel, near Eilat, on August 30, 2019. Photo by Mila Aviv/Flash90.

The Sands of Samar, a dune expanse in the Arava region of southern Israel, near Eilat, on August 30, 2019. Photo by Mila Aviv/Flash90.

In the middle of Israel’s barren Arava, more than an hour’s drive from a major city, a diverse group of over 1,200 university students from Africa and Asia have gathered to learn the latest in agriculture technologies from local farmers.

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Jews Banned from Temple Mount

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh discusses the rockets raining down on both northern and southern Israel, fired by the various Jihadist terror gangs. Those responsible blame recent tensions on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in which Israeli police were forced to deal with premeditated violence carried out by Muslim “worshipers” arriving at the site during Ramadan. However, instead of continuing to demonstrate a policy of strength, the Israeli government folded and banned Jewish worshipers from visiting Judaism’s holiest site until further notice. Josh argues that weakness only breeds more chaos, violence, and terror.

Pic Credit: Arnon Segal – “Because we surrendered to terrorism – the Temple Mount is closed”

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Deadly Terror Continues

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has indicated that Israel has gone on the offensive after another deadly terror attack this week, which saw three Israelis murdered in a Tel Aviv Jihadist shooting HY”D. On this week’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh says that similar to the IDF’s 2002 operation in PA controlled towns, Israel must utilize full military force to wipe out the hornet’s nests of terror, starting with Jenin.

Photo Credit: Israel Defense Forces / Flickr

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Israeli Security Forces Thwarting Terror

In the most recent terror “wave,” Israeli security forces over the weekend potentially thwarted a major terror attack by liquidating three members of an Arab cell deemed to be “ticking time-bombs.” The IDF, police, border police and other security divisions have mobilized across the country in order to keep Israelis safe with the onset of Ramadan. Hear all the latest on Israel’s anti-terror efforts on this week’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten.

Photo Credit: IDF Soldiers Prepare Near Israeli-Syrian Border / Flickr

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One Israeli Couple’s Goal: To Spread the Word About Aphasia

On Aug. 6, 2017, Efrat residents Eitan and Leora Ashman and their four children were making their final preparations for a family vacation the next day. That night, Leora heard some rumblings from the kitchen downstairs. “I heard some chairs banging around, and I thought it was the dog,” she told JNS. Leora rushed to the kitchen, where she found Eitan on the floor, unconscious. Medical personnel were immediately called, and Eitan was rushed to the hospital.

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Ukraine’s President Goes After Israel

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh slams the Zoom Knesset address given yesterday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky claimed Israel wasn’t doing enough to help his country, drew Holocaust comparisons between the current situation and Hitler’s plan to exterminate the Jewish People, and also ignored Ukrainian complicity during the Shoah. Josh said that’s it’s one thing to sympathize with the Ukrainians who are suffering under Russia’s bombardments and another to downplay Israel’s vast humanitarian efforts, compare what’s going on to the Holocaust, while ignoring Ukrainian atrocities during that period.

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Ukrainian Refugees Burst into Applause Upon Arrival in Israel

Refugees from Ukraine touch down at Ben-Gurion International Airport in the early hours of March 8, 2022. Photo: Josh Hasten.

Refugees from Ukraine touch down at Ben-Gurion International Airport in the early hours of March 8, 2022. Photo: Josh Hasten.

IAȘI, ROMANIA—Daria Garn was exhausted. After five grueling days traveling from war-torn Kyiv, Ukraine, through Moldova with her two young sons, she had finally arrived at the Romania International Airport in Iași, where she was waiting to board a flight to Israel. As tears welled, Garn, 29, told JNS she was forced to leave her husband behind as he had been unable to secure the proper paperwork to join her. Following Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, most Ukrainian adult males have been forbidden to leave the country.

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Pence, Friedman Receive Honorary Doctorates at Ariel University

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at Ariel University for an awards ceremony on March 9, 2022. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at Ariel University for an awards ceremony on March 9, 2022. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman were awarded honorary doctorates at Ariel University on Wednesday evening.

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Witnessing Hatzalah Heroes in Action

On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten describes his world-wind mission to Romania with the United Hatzalah organization. The mission was threefold – to drop off Hatzalah emergency volunteers so that they could make their way to the Ukrainian/Moldovan border to assist the refugees fleeing the war in the Ukraine, to drop off tons of humanitarian equipment, and to bring 100 refugees back to Israel, may of whom will be making Aliyah to the Jewish State.

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