יום שלישי, כ״ב תמוז תשפ״וTuesday, July 7, 2026
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Joshua Hasten is the International Spokesperson for Gush Etzion. He hosts the weekly “Israel Uncensored” radio broadcast on The Land of Israel Network, and is an international Middle East Correspondent in print and on television. Joshua is also a sought-after speaker around the world. His workshops and lectures on pro-Israel advocacy have impacted thousands. Joshua was the CAMERA organization’s 2009 Letter Writer of the Year, and is a member of the Judea and Samaria Speaker’s Bureau. Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, he resides in Elazar, Israel.
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By Josh Hasten
The Palestinian Authority "not only fails to oppose terrorism, it actively endorses it," Regavim report finds.
By Josh Hasten
Fifty three medical students, 40 of whom are women, were awarded their degrees in a ceremony attended by Israeli President Isaac Herzog and philanthropist Dr. Miriam Adelson.
By Josh Hasten
"As we saw only two weeks ago, a terrorist from Hebron carrying a bomb got to Tel Aviv—and only luck prevented a horrific result," said MK Ohad Tal.
By Josh Hasten
The new community is also known as "Neve Ori," in memory of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher, a Gush resident who was murdered in 2019 by an Arab terrorist.
By Josh Hasten
"It will not be easy to enforce this decision, but I hope the Civil Administration will now act," said Knesset member Simcha Rothman.
By Josh Hasten
Within the Green Line, a Palestinian worker must be 27, or 22 and married. In Israeli communities over the Green Line, any Palestinian over 18 can work.
By Josh Hasten
"Following Oct. 7...we refuse to accept the notion that in order to build or run our town we need to hire people who support terrorism against us, or could themselves be a terror threat."
By Josh Hasten
Air raid sirens wailed in communities from northern Samaria all the way down to the South Hebron Hills, along with many places in between.
By Josh Hasten
The United States has blacklisted a total of seven Israelis pursuant to President Joe Biden’s Feb. 1 Executive Order, but will not reveal how it determined that they are "undermining peace, security and stability" in Judea and Samaria.
By Josh Hasten
Gush Etzion Regional Council mayor calls the sanctions "another scandalous decision from the chairman of Joe Biden's election campaign."
By Josh Hasten
The synagogue, at the Lamed-Hey base in Gush Etzion, was also dedicated in memory of Ari Fuld, who was murdered by an Arab terrorist in 2018.
By Josh Hasten
Yishai Fleisher, who serves as the international spokesperson for the Jewish community of Hebron, received the second annual "Lion of Zion" Prize for his work that exemplified Fuld's legacy.
By Josh Hasten
Washington's decision to freeze scientific cooperation with organizations over the Green Line creates a "lose-lose dynamic," says former U.S. envoy.
By Josh Hasten
After more than two decades of planning, bureaucratic hurdles and court petitions filed by opponents, the Jewish Community of Hebron is on the cusp of laying the foundations for 31 new housing units in the city’s historic Hezekiah Quarter.
By Josh Hasten
The International Halacha Institute offers personalized online training in French, English, Hebrew and Spanish.
By Josh Hasten
Israeli brothers Hilel Menachem and Yagel Yaakov Yaniv were gunned down by a terrorist at point-blank range as they drove on Route 60 through the Arab village.
By Josh Hasten
Israeli Minister Orit Strock: We must correct the “injustice and idiocy” of the 2005 disengagement.
By Josh Hasten
Every visit to the Jewish holy site in Shechem (Nablus) since March has been attacked by terrorists.
By Josh Hasten
Heartland Initiative builds bridges between Jewish, Druze communities and the Long Island village.
By Josh Hasten
Ari Fuld fought for the Jewish people on the battlefield and on social media.
By Josh Hasten
All search results for accommodation in Judea and Samara include a "conflict-afflicted" advisory.
By Josh Hasten
A tour of the contested area reveals heated opinions from Jewish and Arab residents on the future of the designated construction corridor.
By Josh Hasten
Israel’s emergency blood reserves to be held in an underground vault to protect it from potential missile, chemical and biological attacks
By Josh Hasten
The condition, which prevents those who have it from communicating, is relatively unknown, despite being more common than Parkinson’s disease.
By Josh Hasten
Former U.S. VP Pence and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman were honored for their roles in leading American efforts on behalf of the Jewish state.
By Josh Hasten
“We need infrastructure for both populations, so we can all thrive,” said Matanya Shapira, deputy CEO of the YESHA Council, regarding the region’s Jewish and Arab residents.
By Josh Hasten
"You take the tools you were given at the Hesder in order to prepare and equip yourself to be amongst a diverse group of society in order to maintain your spiritual well-being and create a kiddush Hashem."
By Josh Hasten
“It had always been a dream of mine to skate for Israel. As a Jewish religious girl raised modern Orthodox, I know that Israel is our home,” said 19-year-old Hailey Kops, a New Jersey native who qualified for the pairs ice skating competition.
By Josh Hasten
“Countries have interests, they don’t necessarily have friends, and the Saudis have come to the conclusion that it is in their national interests to make peace with the Israelis,” said attorney Eric Levine, a participant and board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
By Josh Hasten
Speaker after speaker at this year’s Republican Jewish Coalition accused the Biden administration of failing on many issues but especially on damaging the strong U.S.-Israel ties developed under the Trump administration, while also showing weakness against Iran as they pursue nuclear weapons.
By Josh Hasten
“This is not what real friends do. If you are a real friend, you should respect your friend’s authority and sovereignty over its territory,” said Eytan Meir, head of the international division of Im Tirtzu.
By Josh Hasten
Some view the approvals as a positive development; others expressed disappointment, indicating that the 31 new projects—with just five residential homes—fall far short of expectations.
By Josh Hasten
“There were bodies piled up on top of each other—some of the people were alive, and some of them were already dead. I have never seen anything like this before,” said Itzik Itach, a senior volunteer paramedic and logistics director of the Jerusalem area for Rescuers Without Borders.
By Josh Hasten
Palestinian Authority businessman Ashraf Jabari said it was “a subtle celebration of thoughtful conversation, mutual respect and heritage-enhanced relationships. These are the building blocks of the emergent Israeli-Palestinian market.”
By Josh Hasten
The release of the Roth video came out four years after the United States announced terrorism charges against Ahlam Ahmad Tamimi for masterminding the attack on a Sbarro pizzeria.
By Josh Hasten
Brian Finkel reached out to Dubai-based Al Barakah Dates Factory, and without knowing he lived in Israel, it became his largest supplier. As the relationship grew, the two companies ended up forming a strategic partnership that is becoming representative of the region.
By Josh Hasten
Following the recent discovery of four new illegal Arab structures built on Israeli state land, several hundred Gush Etzion residents held a protest to call on the government to take action.
By Josh Hasten
Following the recent discovery of four new illegal Arab structures built on Israeli state land, several hundred Gush Etzion residents held a protest to call on the government to take action.
By Josh Hasten
A new campaign has been launched by Israel’s Sovereignty Movement to encourage the application of Israeli law over those areas by the government, starting with the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area, before Donald Trump’s presidency comes to an end.
By Josh Hasten
On this week’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh says that with election chaos reigning in the US, whether projected election winner Joe Biden becomes president, or current President Donald Trump is able to prove voter fraud and stay in office, Israel needs to step up and do what’s in its best interests regardless of outside influence...
By Josh Hasten
“Trump is a president who cares about the State of Israel and it is important for us that he continues for another term,” says Gush Etzion Regional Council head.
By Josh Hasten
Rabbi Yissachar Krakowski and team prepared 300 kosher meals over the course of the two-day event in the United Arab Emirates.
By Josh Hasten
Dubbed “The American Road,” the new highway is being hailed as one of the biggest infrastructure projects undertaken by Jerusalem in the last several years.
By Josh Hasten
After a 30-year legal battle, a Jerusalem court has ruled that the Sumarin family must vacate a property located in eastern Jerusalem and return it to its rightful owners. The family has been supported by some 30 left-wing organizations with many funded by the European Union.
By Josh Hasten
Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel, the two men behind Arugot Farms—a retreat center for music, prayer, art and meditation—say that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan could destroy all they have built.
By Josh Hasten
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way many Israeli families are shopping for the holiday, and is presenting special challenges to the elderly, the disadvantaged and those under quarantine.
By Josh Hasten
The first group were infected by one person during the Purim Megillah reading, the next day, 17 people had Purim seudah with that person, then on Shabbat, that group split up into different minyanim...
By Josh Hasten
As many as 1,000 lone soldiers in Israel had the chance to celebrate the holiday with food, friends ... and even a little football.
By Josh Hasten
“Even though the ECJ ruled against us , this is just the beginning of the fight. We are not going to accept a double standard,” said CEO of Psagot Winery Yaakov Berg.
By Josh Hasten
The win at the European Championship qualifiers in Stockholm qualifies team Israel for a place in next summer’s prestigious U18 European Championships.
By Josh Hasten
In addition to his contributions to football across the board, Genesis Prize winner Robert Kraft announced that he was earmarking $20 million to establish a foundation dedicated to combating anti-Semitism and BDS.
By Josh Hasten
Becoming the first U.S. governor to lead to a trade mission to Judea and Samaria, Gov. Ron DeSantis took a clear stand against BDS while bolstering Florida’s economic ties with the Jewish state through several agreements.
By Josh Hasten
Several hundred entrepreneurs and business professionals gathered to introduce their products and services, network, hear lectures and attend workshops at the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Anglo-Israeli/American Jerusalem Expo and Conference.
By Josh Hasten
Youngsters meet on a regular basis out in nature, where they hike and are given educational workshops on skills related to the land, and ultimately, are taught how to be guides.
By Josh Hasten
Ayelet Shaked made her remarks, based on sources she says she has within the Trump administration, at a Gush Etzion parlor meeting for her party last week in front of more than 100 Israeli voters.
By Josh Hasten
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.
By Josh Hasten
{Originally posted to the JNS website} Many have pointed to Israel’s security barrier in Judea and Samaria as being one of the primary contributors to the reduction in Palestinian terrorism since the years of the Second Intifada, from 2000 to 2005. However, a growing chorus of experts disputes this notion, while pointing to the barrier […]
By Josh Hasten
Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, he speaks about current bonds with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel, the rocky relationship with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, other regional powers at play, and the complex and uncertain prospects for peace.
By Josh Hasten
Israeli men just miss making the podium at flag-football world championships in Panama.
By Josh Hasten
The Israeli public as a whole has been substantially less committed to—in fact, downright unenthusiastic about—changing the status quo at the Kotel
By Josh Hasten
The strategy was introduced to the court by the Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center’ NGO on behalf of two Israeli families (Weinstein and Gavish) who for years have been involved in various lawsuits against Hamas for the murder of relatives.
By Josh Hasten
Proposals for new paradigms, including calls for Israel to extend sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, are gaining traction.
By Josh Hasten
Several times a year, groups of Americans from various emergency agencies arrive to spend a week in classroom training and fieldwork alongside their Israeli counterparts. Then they take their new skills back home.
By Josh Hasten
Regavim seeks to safeguard Israel's national lands, restore law and order to the Negev, and give the Bedouin community hope for a brighter tomorrow.
By Josh Hasten
Regavim petition targeting illegal UN building in Jerusalem reveals that Israeli Foreign Ministry is 'asking' the UN for a tour of the property to investigate the matter
By Josh Hasten
I knew it was a terror attack when an Arab man in one of the cars below who was stuck in the traffic jam looked up at me riding and screamed out his window "Allahu Akbar."
By Josh Hasten
Overnight, their home became 'illegal'.
By Josh Hasten
“Instead of denying [the new video’s] validity,” says Bedein, “UNRWA should bring it to the attention of donor nations that they are funding war curriculum education within a U.N. organization, so that the situation can be rectified.”
By Josh Hasten
“This legislation is anti-liberal and makes no sense in a free market where anyone can do what they want as long as it’s legal and ethical,” Pollak told JNS.
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