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Dec

2019

New Neighborhoods and Neutralized Terrorists

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh jumps from topic to topic in a week which saw the announcement of a new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron, while IDF forces neutralized a terror cell in that same area, which had been making a habit of trying to murder Israeli motorists on the roads. Also, did you realize that 2,600 rockets have been fired at Israel by terrorists from Gaza in the past two years alone? Someone is keeping score, but will someone finally do what it takes to stop the rockets? All of this and much more on today’s show.

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Nov

2019

The Bibi Indictment and a Jedi Mind Trick

On this week’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh analyzes the Attorney General’s decision to indict Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Listen to Josh’s Jedi mind trick (no spoilers here), to understand what this indictment is really all about. Also on the show, Josh discusses the US administration and the State Department’s historic decision to publicly recognize that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are not illegal under international law.

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Nov

2019

Saying Thank You to IDF Lone Soldiers

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with Oren Hason, the CEO of the Lone Soldier Center in memory of Michael Levin. Hason talks about his organization’s important work with soldiers who arrive in Israel, with little to no family, in order to follow their hearts and serve in the IDF. The center is currently getting ready for their annual Thanksgiving party for lone soldiers to be held in Jerusalem on Thursday November 28. Also on today’s show Josh wraps up a tumultuous week in Israel with over 400 rockets fired by terror groups in Gaza at the communities in the south and center of the country. After 18 years of rocket fire, will it ever end?

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Nov

2019

Your Chance to Own a Piece of Land in Israel

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with David Ziering founder of Adama613 an initiative which allows people to buy their own piece of agricultural land in Israel. Ziering’s farmers will plow, plant, and fertilize your piece of land according to Jewish Law, taking off tithes for the poor, etc. as you will be given the opportunity to drink your own wine, eat your own olives etc. which grew on your own property in Israel. Also on the show, Josh discusses the escalation on southern Israel – once again, with rockets fired at Jewish communities over Shabbat.

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Oct

2019

Remembering Ari Fuld HY”D

On today’s very special edition of Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh reports from the Gush Etzion ceremony on the anniversary of the murder of warrior for Israel Ari Fuld HY”D. People from all over Israel and some from overseas attended the moving event including Col. Richard Kemp, former British military forces commander in Afghanistan and Dr. Harold Rhode former Pentagon specialist on the Middle East. Josh also spoke to many other friends of Ari who told stories of how Ari inspired them to stand up for Israel, whether in the IDF, on social media, or throughout the world of public diplomacy including Avi Abelow, Brian of London, Zahava Englard Shapiro, Rachel Moore, Nadia Matar, Yehudit Katzover, and more.

Sep

2019

The Head-Scratching Israeli Election

Israelis went to the polls this past week, but results produced a stalemate leading to a period of uncertainty as to which Israeli leader will form the next government. While Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party received two more Knesset mandates than the incumbent – Prime Minster Netanyahu’s Likud, neither side has enough support to form a government. The ball is now in the court of President Reuven Rivlin to try and help the sides make compromises to reach the necessary 61 seats. If not, Israel could in fact be headed towards yet another election – its third in less than a year, this coming winter. On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh tries to sort out the confusion and explain Rivlin’s daunting task.

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Sep

2019

Israel Getting Ready to Vote

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh speaks to representatives from two of the right-leaning parties who according to polls will pass the electoral threshold as Israel gets ready to elect representatives to the 22nd Knesset on Tuesday. First it’s Jeremy Saltan English Campaign Manager and candidate for Knesset from the Yamina party. Then a conversation with Fred Moncharsh, Likud Central Party Committee member. Yamina and Likud have gone after each other in recent days trying to secure votes on the right. Who should right-leaning Israelis vote for? Maybe the Otzma Yehudit party is the answer? Either way, Josh says that the Jewish People living in the State of Israel are blessed to be able to elect their own leadership after 2,000 years in exile.

Sep

2019

European Flag Football Championship is a Touchdown for Jerusalem

This past weekend 21 teams from all over Europe arrived in Jerusalem to compete for the 2019 Flag Football European Championship. Denmark took the gold for the men while Spain won the women’s crown. On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, American Football in Israel (AFI) president Steve Leibowitz says that the biggest winner in the competition is the city of Jerusalem, hosting the largest ever delegation (over 400 players) for a specific sport in an internationally recognized tournament. While the Israeli men’s team finished fourth and the women finished sixth, Israel already has its sights on the 2020 world championship in Copenhagen.

Aug

2019

Friday Jihadist Terror Strikes Again

In yet another Friday terror attack in Israel, 17-year-old Lod resident Rina Shnerb HY”D was murdered this past week, when Arab terrorists remotely detonated a bomb near a Binyamin-area spring. Her father and brother were also wounded in the attack. On this week’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh discusses this horrific incident, and other acts of terror which seem to be taking place in Israel nearly every Friday this summer. Also on the show, an update from a tense situation on both Israel’s northern and southwestern borders.

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Aug

2019

Two Israeli Teens Injured in Gush Etzion Car Ramming

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with Ben Goldstein who is on the first response anti-terror team in the community of Elazar, Gush Etzion. On Friday morning a terrorist using his car as a weapon rammed into two Israeli teenage siblings making their way to a bus stop outside of Elazar. One of the teens was seriously wounded while the other suffered light to moderate injuries. Goldstein discusses the attacks and says that Israel must restore deterrence as the threat of terror heats up throughout the country.