Josh Hasten

Dec

2021

Israeli Startup Helps Businesses in Judea and Samaria Navigate Economic, Political Challenges

Ora Uziel, an artist from Samaria. Bikurim helped subsidize her e-commerce website. Credit: Bikurim.

Lenny Goldberg, who immigrated to Israel back in the 1980s from New York, runs a small business out of his community of Tapuach in Samaria. Goldberg’s company, called “Luna-na,” caters to birthday parties, summer camps and other special events for children and adults alike throughout the country by providing a variety of inflatable bouncy castles and other similar entertainment play devices for his clients.

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Nov

2021

Radicals Oppose Israel President’s Hebron Candle Lighting

The Land of Israel · Israel Uncensored: Radicals Oppose Israel President's Hebron Candle Lighting

Extremist Israeli organizations, and believe it or not, radical Members of Knesset were up in arms that Israel’s President Chaim Herzog lit Hanukkah candles at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron last night. On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh says that while it’s no surprise that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority accused Herzog of “storming” Hebron on Hanukkah (which is essentially a blood libel), what’s more disturbing is MK’s and Israeli groups who are not in the consensus trying to deny a modern-day connection between Judaism and its second holiest city.

Nov

2021

Former Envoy on Abraham Accords: ‘We Should Reward the Peacemakers’

Aryeh Lightstone, former special envoy for economic normalization for the Abraham Accords and chief of staff to former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. Source: Screenshot.

Aryeh Lightstone, former special envoy for economic normalization for the Abraham Accords and chief of staff to former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, believes that the Biden administration needs to focus on bolstering Israel’s efforts for regional peace and not rewarding the Palestinian Authority by re-opening the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem.

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Nov

2021

Israeli Terror Victim Eliyahu (‘Eli’) Kay, 25, Laid to Rest in Jerusalem

Friends and family attend the funeral of Eliyahu Kay, a 25-year-old immigrant from South Africa who was killed in a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City, at Har HaMenuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem on Nov. 22, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Eliyahu (“Eli”) David Kay, 25, a South African immigrant to Israel who was murdered in a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning while on his way to prayers at the Western Wall, was laid to rest in the presence of thousands of mourners at Jerusalem’s Har HaMenuchot cemetery on Monday afternoon. Thousands more watched the funeral live online.

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Nov

2021

Jihadist Terror Claims Israeli Life

The Land of Israel · Israel Uncensored: Jihadist Terror Claims Israeli Life

26-year-old Eliyahu David Kay HY”D, an immigrant to Israel from South Africa was murdered in a Jerusalem terror attack on Sunday morning. Four other Israelis were wounded in the attack, one seriously, which was carried out by a well-known Jihdaist Hamas supporter who lived in Jerusalem. The assailant sprayed Jews with bullets as they made their way to the Western Wall for morning prayers. On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh discusses this horrible incident and says that even with all the pain, Israel is strong, and the Jewish People are here to stay.

Nov

2021

Jewish Leaders Visit Saudi Arabia to Assess Openness Towards Israel, Form Budding Networks

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Credit: Mohammed Younos/Shutterstock.

Earlier this month, it was revealed that a group of 15 Republican Jewish leaders from the United States paid a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in June to try to advance the Abraham Accords normalization deal between the United States, Israel and the Gulf states.

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Nov

2021

Republican Hopefuls Tout Pro-Israel Credentials, Take Shots at Democrats at RJC Gathering

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s conference in Las Vegas. Nov. 6, 2021. Source: RJC/Twitter.

About 750 boisterous Jewish supporters of the Republican Party gathered in Las Vegas this past weekend to hear from potential Republican presidential candidates, along with current elected officials, with the focus on the GOP’s goal of taking back the Congress and Senate in the 2022 midterms and the White House in 2024.

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Nov

2021

Israelis Imprisoned in Turkey for Taking Photo

The Land of Israel · Israel Uncensored: Israelis Imprisoned in Turkey for Taking Photo

An Israeli couple remains imprisoned in Istanbul, Turkey after taking a photo of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s palace, which unbeknownst to them, was illegal. Israeli officials are scrambling to secure their release. On this week’s edition of Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh argues that no doubt the arrest – (and upcoming trial) was politically-based since the couple is Israeli. Israel is hopeful that they will be allowed to return home to their young son very soon.

Nov

2021

Israel, US Social-Service Agencies Home in on Post-COVID Issues, from Elderly to Economy

Young volunteers with the Latet humanitarian organization in Israel. Source: Facebook/Latet.

The Latet humanitarian-aid organization—the largest nonprofit organization that combats poverty and food insecurity in Israel—held its second annual virtual conference this week, titled “The Road to Resilience.”

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Nov

2021

Is a United Jerusalem Bipartisan?

The Land of Israel · Israel Uncensored: Is a United Jerusalem Bipartisan?

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh discusses reports indicating that a group of moderate democrats in the US are preparing to tell President Joe Biden to refrain from opening a consulate to the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem. A group of 35 Republican senators have already drafted a bill to prevent the move, which if comes to fruition, would give a hostile foreign entity (the PA) a foothold in the city, and be the first step in its redivision. The Sovereignty Movement and other organizations held their first protest against the move this past week outside the old US Consulate on Agron Street in downtown Jerusalem, and plan on hosting a weekly vigil at the site.