Josh Hasten

05
Mar
2019

“Why Are We Still Afraid?”

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten a very special interview with Mark Lavie, who has been a journalist covering Israel and the Middle East since 1972. Lavie’s new book, “Why Are We Still Afraid” insists that while Israel today has many enemies, the Jewish State faces no existential threats. Lavie says that we should therefore focus on fixing our societal problems instead. Lavie also says that the BDS movement might be noisy, but has done very little harm over the past decade, as Israel continues to expand into many markets around the globe.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Israel Uncensored
25
Feb
2019

Why Go after Netanyahu’s Bread and Butter?

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with renowned journalist Ruthie Blum. Blum criticizes Israel Resilience Party leader Benny Gantz for his attacks on Prime Minister Netanyahu. Instead of focusing on issues he has with the PM’s policies, Blum explains that for some reason Gantz decided to attack Netanyahu for his strengths – namely speaking English at a mother tongue level, and his diplomatic prowess on the world stage. Also, while Blum says that Netanyahu’s decision to partner with the Otzma Party may or may not harm him come election day, she explains that like them or not, Otzma was in fact permitted to run in the elections by Israel’s courts.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Israel Uncensored
21
Feb
2019

No 2 BDS!

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with Gedaliah Blum co-founder of Dapei Katom – the Orange Pages (similar to the Yellow Pages), which lists thousands of small businesses in Judea and Samaria. Blum is also at the forefront of the social media battle against the BDS Israel haters through his @no2bds handle on twitter. He discusses his strategies towards combating the anti-Israel sentiments on social media through sharing the truth about Israel, from Israel. He also discusses The Judean Roundtable initiative (which Hasten is a part of), in memory of Ari Fuld HY”D which is a regularly scheduled Facebook video-show bringing together some of the most active public diplomacy Anglos in Israel, who share the realities about life in the Jewish State.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Israel Uncensored
12
Feb
2019

Unity and Deterrence Needed to Defeat Evil

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with Marc Prowisor, Director of Security for the One Israel Fund. Prowisor discusses the horrible murder of 19-year-old Tekoa resident Ori Ansbacher HY”D at the hands of a Hebron Arab. Her body was found on Thursday in a Jerusalem forest. Prowisor says that in order to defeat this evil, the first thing we need in Israel is unity. He says we also need an effective method of deterrence so that our enemies will think twice, before starting up with the Jews of Israel.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Israel Uncensored
04
Feb
2019

The “New Yamin’s” Anglo Representative

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with Jeremy Saltan, Knesset insider and Anglo Forum Chairman for the “HaYamin HeHadash,” or the “New Yamin” Party led by Minister Naftali Bennett. Saltan gives insight on what his new party stands for, and provides details on some of the primaries taking place this week within the Likud, and Jewish Home parties. Saltan is confident that Prime Minister Netanyahu will once again be Israel’s Prime Minster and is hopeful that Minister Bennett will be Israel’s new Minister of Defense following the April 9 Knesset elections.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Israel Uncensored
03
Feb
2019

Netanyahu’s Decision to End International Monitors in Hebron ‘Strengthens’ Israeli Sovereignty

 

Members of TIPH, or Temporary International Presence speak with Israeli soldier outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 8, 2018. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Members of TIPH, or Temporary International Presence speak with Israeli soldier outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 8, 2018. Credit: by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Advocates praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to end the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, or TIPH, which they contend stoked hostilities and friction between Jewish and Arab residents.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
30
Jan
2019

Group Raises Alarm over UNRWA’s Anti-Israel Incitement within its Jerusalem Schools

 

View of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

View of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

Experts and former Israeli politicians who contend that the U.N. agency is perpetuating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by encouraging incitement are urging the Israeli government to revoke permits for schools in Jerusalem under UNRWA’s auspicious.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
28
Jan
2019

Zehut’s Feiglin – We are a Party for all Israelis

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with former MK and head of the Zehut party Mr. Moshe Feiglin. Zehut is hosting its primaries on Tuesday, and in a unique move has opened the voting to all Israelis regardless of party affiliation, as Feiglin believes that Zehut represents all sectors of Israeli society. Feiglin describes some of his party’s many platforms including a desire for less government involvement in the lives of the citizens of Israel and a reduction in the prices of goods and services. Feiglin says that he doesn’t see a difference between the proposed paths towards peace between Prime Minister Netanyahu or any others on the ‘right’ or the ‘left.’ He also believes that Israel should establish full sovereignty over all of the the Land of Israel, and describes what his party’s version of a ‘one-state solution’ would look like.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Israel Uncensored