The U.S. and Iran have had an adversarial relationship since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and the takeover of the U.S. Embassy and 444-day hostage crisis that followed. LiveNOW from FOX host Stephanie Couiegnoux spoke to Josh Hasten, Middle East Correspondent for Jewish News Syndicate on Iran’s response to Trump’s presidential victory.
Josh Hasten, the Middle East Correspondent for JNS, joins News Nation Live to discuss the latest news regarding Israel, the United States, Iran, and Lebanon. He covers the Middle East relations of the Biden administration and the incoming Trump administration, as well as the ongoing effects of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. This interview took place on November 17, 2024.
Ceasefire talks resume in Egypt amid conflict across the Middle East. This as Israel begins retaliatory strikes against Iran following a missile barrage targeting Israelis. Josh Hasten, Middle East Correspondent for JNS furthers the conversation.
US President-elect Donald Trump says that his goal is to end wars, and not start them. However, as opposed to the Biden Administration which has pressured Israel for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, President Trump says his “end” to the war would mean a 100% Israeli victory. Prime Minister Netanyahu has already spoken to President Trump several times this week, and says that they are on the same page when it comes to the Iranian threat. Reports indicate Trump is prepared to reassert pressure on Iran – the world’s biggest state sponsor of terrorism. The times are certainly changing. This story, and all the latest news from Israel on this week’s Israel Uncensored, with Josh Hasten.
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten – the Jerusalem Post quotes a report indicating that the Hezbollah terrorist organization is beginning to crack with many of its members fleeing their posts. Some of the terror group’s fighters have even fled to Syria with their families rather than stay and fight against Israel. The report indicates that Israel’s recent pager/walkie talkie detonation attack injured thousands causing chaos in Hezbollah’s ranks. Israel’s ground offensive in southern Lebanon has also caused them to cut and run.
As the group continues to fire rockets at Israel on a nearly hourly basis, the report provides optimism that in a matter of time, the Iranian proxy will fall.
Israeli officials have been taking part in talks towards a hostage deal/terrorist release and ceasefire, with Hamas once again rejecting the proposal. Will Iran strike in the days ahead now that a deal appears out of reach? It’s been around two weeks since Hamas head Ismail Haniyeh was taken out while visiting Tehran. Israel hasn’t claimed credit, yet Iran has vowed to launch a revenge attack on the “Zionists.”
At the same time, Arab terrorists continue to attack on the home-front, with a Jew murdered in a Kedumim hacking on Sunday, and Hezbollah launching rockets at the north, nearly hourly. All of these stories, and much more on today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten.
On today’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten says that reports indicate that Iran and its proxies may strike the Jewish State in the next several days, as retribution for the killing of top Hezbollah and Hamas leaders. Israel took credit for the airstrike on Beirut which took out top Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr, responsible for last week’s rocket attack that killed 12 Druze children in the Golan. At the same time, top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was sent to meet his maker after an unclaimed strike in Tehran. Iran has vowed revenge for both attacks. May G-d protect the State of Israel and the Jewish People during these tumultuous times.
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As Iran moves forward towards nuclear weapons, Hamas’ popularity surges, and Hezbollah attacks the north, Josh Hasten says that Israel and the Western powers must show strength in the face of all threats. On today’s Israel Uncensored, Hasten says that history has taught that appeasing terrorists in our region or kicking the can down the road, does not yield results. Even though the administration in Washington has adapted policies showcasing weakness, Israel must stand strong with threats on many fronts.
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Iran began holding funeral processions on May 21 for the regime’s president Ebrahim Raisi and other officials killed in a helicopter crash.
Josh Hasten, a Middle East correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate, tells NTD that Mr. Raisi’s death will have little impact on the war in Gaza because he was a puppet of the regime’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.