In a pre-recorded message which aired Saturday night, Prime Minister Netanyahu insisted that the war in Gaza won’t end until Hamas is removed from power. The prime minister insisted that the remaining hostages are freed, and the bodies of those murdered by Hamas must be returned. The Prime Minister also vowed that Iran would not obtain a nuclear bomb under his watch. This as the Trump administration continues to negotiate with the Iranians over their nuclear program. These stories and much more on this week’s Israel Uncensored, with Josh Hasten.
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Netanyahu Lands in D.C.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu landed in Washington D.C. last night, for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. Netanyahu will become the first world leader to meet with the U.S. president twice since his inauguration. The discussion is supposed to focus on the Iranian threat, the war in Gaza, and the newly imposed U.S. tariffs on Israeli exports. Netanyahu arrived from Hungary where he was warmly received by the Eastern European nation. Hungary withdrew from the corrupt International Criminal Court (ICC) during Netanyahu’s visit. This story, and all the latest news from Israel on this week’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten
Breaking bread, and stereotypes, in Jerusalem

South Asian Muslim leaders, journalists, influencers, professionals, academics and civil society activists visiting Israel as part of a coexistence initiative share a dinner in Jerusalem, Dec. 3, 2024. Photo: Josh Hasten.
(Dec. 4, 2024 / JNS)
A group of South Asian Muslim leaders, journalists, influencers, professionals, academics and civil society activists are currently in Israel to learn the realities of the situation on the ground, and in support of Jewish/Muslim coexistence, amid soaring anti-Israel sentiment in the Arab and Muslim world in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack and the war in Gaza.
Iranian President’s Death Will Have Little Impact on War in Gaza: Middle East Affairs Expert
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.