Josh Hasten

Jul

2019

The Biblical Superhighway Unearthed

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with Ze’ev Orenstein Director of International Affairs for the City of David Foundation. Yesterday, the City of David opened the “Pilgrimage Road,” the actual road used by Jewish pilgrims to walk up to the Temple in Jerusalem during the High Holidays after purifying themselves in the Shiloah pools down below. Orenstein refers to this new discovery as the ancient ‘Biblical superhighway’ as hundreds of thousands of Jews would use this path to make their way up to the Temple. He also gives his take on the haters who came out to protest yesterday’s ceremony, by saying the discovery isn’t a matter of faith, but rather a matter of “fact” linking ancient Jewish history to our presence here today.

Jun

2019

Touchdown! NFL, Patriots, Robert Kraft Score Friends and Followers in Israel

More than a dozen players from the 2019 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots in Israel as part of the program “Touchdown in Israel III,” the third installment of a VIP trip to Israel for NFL players organized by Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. Credit: Josh Hasten.

In addition to his contributions to football across the board, Genesis Prize winner Robert Kraft announced that he was earmarking $20 million to establish a foundation dedicated to combating anti-Semitism and BDS.

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Jun

2019

‘Touchdown in Israel III’ in Jerusalem

On a very special edition of Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh reports from this past Friday’s “Touchdown in Israel III” event at the Kraft Family Sports Campus in Jerusalem. 16 current players and alumni from the New England Patriots were in Israel as part of the third installment of a VIP trip to Israel organized by Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. Over the years Kraft has brought dozens of other NFL players to Israel including many Hall of Fame Players – some of the best to ever play the game. Hear from Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman, and several other Patriots players along with representatives from the American Football in Israel (AFI) league on this week’s unforgettable show.

Jun

2019

Surviving a Direct Rocket Hit

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with Rabbi Dovid Fendel, the head of the Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot. This past Thursday night, terrorists in Gaza launched a rocket, which slammed into one of the Yeshiva’s buildings causing damage. While the students were shaken up, miraculously there were no serious injuries. Rabbi Fendel says that on one hand, his institution is leading the way in growing and thriving and building in Sderot, but on the other hand, he says that the reality under the constant threat of rocket fire is unacceptable. Rabbi Fendel shares some of his thoughts as to what Israel should do to stop the rocket attacks.

Jun

2019

Israeli Youth Discuss Sovereignty, and Future Prospects in Judea and Samaria

The nearly 800 youth in attendance at a lecture at Bar-Ilan University concerning the sovereignty movement in Israel. Photo by David Weil.

Asaf Jayson, 18, one of the organizers of the “Youth Sovereignty Conference,” helps energize a contingent of young people in Israel with a platform to put their ideology into action.

Jun

2019

Is Anti-Semitism Becoming Mainstream? Experts See Alarming Trend in Media, Campus and Public Life

A panel of experts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) discuss anti-Semitism in the media, campus and public life. Photo by Kineret Rifkind.

Is anti-Semitism becoming mainstream? Experts see alarming trend in media, campus and public life “The ongoing decades-old long demonization and dehumanization of the Jewish state has been misunderstood as political criticism when in truth, it has been the new virulent form of anti-Semitism,” said Dan Diker, a fellow and senior project director at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Jun

2019

Anti-Israel Endoctrination on Israeli Campuses & Healing PA Terrorists in Israel: 22-5-19

Here is this week’s Middle East Forum Israel Victory Project “Israel Victory podcast.” Why is Israel treating terror leaders in its hospitals? Why did Israel just allow the PA to import armored vehicles from the EU? At the same time did you know that some Arabs who commute to work in “Israel proper” daily, now think a One-State Solution is the way to go? All of this and much more on this week’s Podcast. With Daniel Seaman, Rachel Touitou and Daniela Giulia Traub.

Jun

2019

PA Arabs Planning “Popular Uprising”

In response to the launch of US President Trump’s upcoming peace plan, PA officials are threatening to launch a “popular uprising” later this month. On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten explains that the language used is essentially a threat of violence and terror. Ironically, Josh says that when a third party such as the US initiates a plan that they don’t like, that violence is somehow always directed at Israel.

Jun

2019

In Israel, Florida’s Governor Hailed for making the Sunshine State ‘Most Pro-Israel’ in America

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) meets with Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, as well as small-business owners and community leaders, at the Hub Etzion co-working space and small-business center in Gush Etzion on May 29, 2019. Credit: Shannon Nuszen.

Becoming the first U.S. governor to lead a trade mission to Judea and Samaria, Gov. Ron DeSantis took a clear stand against BDS while bolstering Florida’s economic ties with the Jewish state through several agreements.

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