MKs Yuli Edelstein (left) and Danny Danon (second from left) study a map during a fact-finding visit to the illegal Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar near Jerusalem, Jan 23, 2023. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Knesset member Danny Danon (Likud) on Monday morning led a fact-finding visit to a hilltop overlooking the illegal Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar, located on Highway 1 between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.
A news report over the weekend indicated that incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is once again considering pushing off applying sovereignty over Judea and Samaria in exchange for a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia. Sovereignty was pushed off in exchange for the Abraham Accords agreement with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain several years ago. On today’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten says that while an alliance against Iran is a top priority, Israel should stay strong on the sovereignty issue.
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On today’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten shares what his commute to Jerusalem from Gush Etzion looked like this morning as Arab terrorists finished attacking an Israeli bus near Tekoa, and were then rioting in their village. IDF troops arrived at the scene to disperse those responsible. Nevertheless, the last few days have seen a slew of rock and firebomb attacks, along with shootings on the roads of Judea and Samaria. Josh says that the political echelon must direct the IDF to use all its might and all tools at its disposal to squash the hornet’s nests of terror.
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Lital and Zohar Aizenberg smile at their Mi Casa Tu Casa bed and breakfast in Moshav Vered Yericho, with the city of Jericho in the background, Sept. 29, 2022. Credit: Josh Hasten.
On Friday, Booking.com, the large global online lodging accommodation service website, placed a travel warning on all of its listings—both Jewish- and Arab-owned—for properties in Judea and Samaria, including in towns under full Palestinian Authority control.
When it comes to reporting on Jewish communities in Judea & Samaria, nuance isn’t exactly something often seen in the news media. Whether disdainfully referring to them as illegal Jewish settlements, claiming that their existence violates international law, or even that they are the single biggest obstacle to peace between Israelis and Palestinians, it can be hard to separate truth from fiction and to try and understand the reality of these communities.
Our guest this week will be sharing a unique viewpoint not often seen in the news media: that these Jewish communities are not only not obstacles to peace, but in fact may be very much the opposite. Since arriving on Aliyah from the United States in 2002, Josh Hasten has been at the forefront of Israel’s public diplomacy efforts.
Josh is currently the International Spokesperson for Gush Etzion. He is also the host of the weekly radio program “Israel Uncensored.” Josh is also a well-known award-winning freelance journalist. He is also a sought-after guest for television interviews on current events in Israel, having appeared on CNN, BBC, Sky News, and more.
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American flags being hung in Jerusalem ahead of U.S. President Biden’s Israel visit, July 10, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Ahead of this week’s visit by U.S. President Joe Biden, the Israeli government has taken steps to pacify Washington by refraining from unilateral moves in Judea and Samaria.
A briefing by Matanya Shapira. Credit: Emanuel Maimon.
The Sovereignty Movement recently organized a tour of Judea and Samaria for public figures, journalists, social media influencers and others to explore the complexities and dichotomies of life in the region.
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh says that the world community, mainstream media, and even the Israeli government turns a blind eye towards Arab initiated violence and provocations against the Jews of Judea and Samaria. When rare instances of violence are carried out by Jews, there are front page headlines, condemnations, and investigations, but the daily incidents of attempted murder – firebomb and rock attacks targeting Jewish motorists, are mostly ignored.
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Settlers attacking Palestinians and activists in the West Bank, drawing widespread condemnation ‘It does not represent 99.9% of the population in Judea and Samaria,’ says Josh Hasten, spokesperson for the Gush Etzion Regional Council – in debate with Yariv Oppenheimer, former director of Peace Now.
Israeli father and husband Yehuda Dimentman, 25, HY”D was murdered in a northern Samaria drive-by shooting this week carried out by a Jihadist terror cell. In addition several terror stabbing attempts tooks place over the past several days in Hebron and Jerusalem respectively. This in addition to a spike in the daily rock and fire bomb attacks on the roads throughout Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem. Are we in the midst of yet another wave of terror? Josh Hasten weighs in on this week’s Israel Uncensored.