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Josh Hasten

Josh Hasten is a Middle East correspondent for JNS. He is co-host of the JNS podcast “Jerusalem Minute,” as well as the host of the JNS podcast “Judeacation.” He also hosts the weekly radio program “Israel Uncensored” on “The Land of Israel Radio Network.” An award-winning freelance journalist, he writes regularly for JNS and other publications. He is also a sought-after guest for television and radio interviews on current events in Israel, having appeared on CNN, BBC, Sky News, Fox, APTV, WABC, ILTV, i24News, and many others.

United Hatzalah emergency-service workers attempt to evacuate the injured in Meron in northern Israel after Jewish worshippers were crushed during Lag B’Omer festivities, April 30, 2021. Credit: United Hatzalah.
Jewish Life
Israeli emergency-service workers in Meron on Lag B’Omer: ‘It was apocalyptic’
“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.
April 30, 2021
Josh Hasten
United Hatzalah volunteers help an injured person in eastern Jerusalem. Credit: United Hatzalah.
Feature
View from the other side of violence: Saving lives in eastern Jerusalem
A Muslim volunteer with United Hatzalah describes his approach to emergency care, which means treating patients equally and urgently.
April 27, 2021
Josh Hasten
The Plenary Hall during the swearing-in ceremony of the 24th Knesset in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. Photo by Alex Kolomoisky/POOL.
Israel News
Amid ongoing political deadlock, is it time for Israel to consider electoral reform?
A recent study showed that two-thirds of the Israeli public believes that the democratic system in Israel is in grave danger. Ironically, a similar proportion considers Israel a good place to live.
April 23, 2021
Josh Hasten
Guests at an Iftar gathering attended by Jews and Arabs, hosted by Palestinian businessman Ashraf Jabari in Hebron, April 2021. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Culture and Society
Iftar gathering in Hebron shows commonalities between Israelis and Palestinians
Palestinian 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.”
April 21, 2021
Josh Hasten
Geerz is a therapeutic, mountain-biking program in Israel with a curriculum designed to help kids struggling with behavior problems, ADD/ADHD, anger management, family dysfunction, adolescent eating disorders, and other psychological and physical issues. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
‘Therapy in disguise’: How mountain biking is improving the health of at-risk Israeli youth
The Geerz program works with 350 teens in nine cities and one youth village throughout the country, using the bicycle as a tool used to teach life skills, and to get kids outside and away from their immediate environments.
April 13, 2021
Josh Hasten
German volunteers with the "March of Life" program pose with Holocaust survivors at the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran village in southern Israel. Credit: ADI.
Feature
Young Germans move beyond the past to solidify relations in Israel, with adults and kids alike
A group of young adults from Germany, including direct descendants of Nazi Wehrmacht soldiers and/or members of the SS, met with Holocaust survivors to gain much-needed closure for the sins of their grandparents and great-grandparents.
April 7, 2021
Josh Hasten
Sbarro Pizzeria Bombing 2001
Israel News
Parents of slain US teen appeal to Biden to pressure Jordan to extradite Jerusalem terrorist
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.
March 18, 2021
Josh Hasten
Israel's flag football team. Credit: American Football in Israel.
Culture and Society
After a tumultuous year, Israel set to host world flag football championship
The biannual tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Denmark in 2020 but was postponed due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
March 15, 2021
Josh Hasten
A view of Jerusalem's Old City and the surroundings, including the Church of Dormition, from a rooftop in Jerusalem, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
News
Regavim files petition against illegal, 300-foot tunnel dug by Jerusalem church
“To dig in such a sensitive area without any oversight, inspection or access to the public is insane,” said director of Regavim’s International Division Naomi Kahn. “They had no right to do so.”
March 10, 2021
Josh Hasten
From left: Co-founder of D’vash Organics David Czinn; D’vash Organics co-founder and CEO Brian Finkel; Mohamed Saleem, founder and owner of Al Barakah; Yousuf Saleem, Mohamed’s older son and managing director of Al Barakah; and Mohamed’s younger son, Abdulkarim Saleem. Photo by Mubarak Taj.
Israel News
Abraham Accords sees sweet results in form of D’vash business cooperation
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.
March 2, 2021
Josh Hasten
A view of the mostly empty Givat Hamatos neighborhood of Jerusalem, just minutes from the city's center. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Israel News
EU living in ‘alternate universe’ over criticism of construction in strategic Jerusalem neighborhood
Construction in Jerusalem’s Givat Hamatos represents the first stage of a 2,600-unit housing project geared to young families to encourage them to remain in the Israeli capital.
Feb. 16, 2021
Josh Hasten
Feature
The ongoing battle over illegal construction in Judea and Samaria
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.
Feb. 15, 2021
Josh Hasten
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