A production of grassroots Zionists in honor of Ari Fuld z”l.
19
Oct
2020
Josh Hasten
19
Oct
2020
Economic Normalization in Judea and Samaria
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with Avi Zimmerman, President of the Judea and Samaria Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as he prepares for the Second Annual Israeli-Palestinian Economic Forum. With Israel normalizing ties with Gulf States, Zimmerman and his partners are involved with initiating economic normalization between Jews in Judea/Samaria, and those Arabs living under the PA. Hear about the opportunities Zimmerman and his colleagues are providing to improve life for all – and get to understand some of the challenges he faces as well.
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12
Oct
2020
After the Holidays but Not Back to “Normal”
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh talks about the time period known as “acharei hachagim,” or “after the holidays” when things are supposed to get back to “normal.” Unfortunately as a result of the coronavirus lockdown, things have hardly returned to normal in Israel, as schools remain shuttered and businesses are closed. Israel’s coronavirus cabinet is scheduled to meet later this week to discuss a proposed gradual opening up of the country, but nothing is certain.
Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Danbus43Maalit72
21
Sep
2020
Understanding the Fast of Gedalia
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh explains why today (the 3rd of Tishrei) is a fast named after the murdered Babylonian-appointed Jewish governor Gedalia Ben Ahikam. While there is certainly some controversy to the episode, ultimately his death started a chain of events leading to the end of a Jewish presence in Israel for many years. Also on the show, the latest on Israel’s coronavirus lockdown, plus the US has a straight moral compass when it comes to Iran, while other countries try to let the Mullahs off their hook for exporting terror across the globe.
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16
Sep
2020
Closing Time to Start 5781
Israel has issued a three week corona virus lockdown as we head towards Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. Who is to blame for the skyrocketing pandemic numbers in Israel? On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten weighs in on that, plus an Israeli delegation is on its way to Washington D.C. to sign a historic normalization agreement with the United Arab Emirates. At the same time Bahrain has become the latest Arab country to formally open ties with the Jewish State. Shana Tovah to all!
08
Sep
2020
Closure No Closure
As Israel was about to implement a closure on it’s “red communities,” with coronavius cases spiking out of control, the government yesterday decided to implement a “night curfew” instead in Israel’s most hard-hit towns and communities. On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh berates the government for playing politics as thousands of new cases of COVID-19 are being confirmed daily. What will happen during Rosh Hashannah and the high holidays, when some are insisting on holding services in synagogues despite the infections? What about the mass protests still taking place against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? All of these questions and more, as Israel is in the midst of it’s hottest September in 118 years.
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03
Sep
2020
Tackling the ‘Tour,’ Israelis Cycle Their Way to History
For the first time in its 107-year-old history, a team representing the State of Israel is dressed in blue-and-white jerseys and participating in the 21-stage Tour de France, the most prestigious bicycle race in the world.
02
Sep
2020
Diplomacy Marches on its Stomach: One Rabbi Helps Cook Up Kosher Fare for UAE Delegation
Breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel in the United Arab Emirates. Credit: Rabbi Yissachar Krakowski.
Top Israeli and American officials arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Monday departing from Tel Aviv aboard an El Al Boeing 737 aircraft and in an unprecedented occurrence flying over Saudi Arabian airspace for the first-ever visit towards normalization between Israel and the UAE.
31
Aug
2020
A Novel Which Sheds the Truth on Israel
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with Ira Mosen, author of the new novel “First Among Nations,” which tells the story of diverse communities in Israel who come together for one goal – helping Israel vie for a World Cup championship. Mosen whose family made aliyah two years ago, works as a doctor and sees examples of coexistence in Israel very often, but finds that those stories are not shared by a media focused only on conflict in this country.
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30
Aug
2020
Evangelicals and Israel: The Mideast Must be Viewed through Biblical Lens
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN pilgrims and tourists reach for the sky at a 2019 religious retreat in Nazareth
(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)
While “unholy alliances” have been formed against Israel between extreme leftists and radical Islamists, those threats have been neutralized by the support of 600,000,000 evangelical Christians.