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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.

Dr. Joe Frager (left), vice president of the National Council of Young Israel, with New York State Republican Committee chair Nicholas (Nick) Langworthy at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, July 2019. Credit: National Council of Young Israel.
U.S. News
New York State Republican Committee chair tours Israel
There for the first time, Nicholas (Nick) Langworthy said it’s important for the American people to stand with Israel because of similar value systems within both nations.
July 15, 2019
Josh Hasten
More than a dozen players from the 2019 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots in Israel as part of the program “Touchdown in Israel III,” the third installment of a VIP trip to Israel for NFL players organized by Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. Credit: Josh Hasten.
Feature
Touchdown! NFL, Patriots, Robert Kraft score friends and followers in Israel
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.
June 24, 2019
Josh Hasten
The nearly 800 youth in attendance at a lecture at Bar-Ilan University concerning the sovereignty movement in Israel. Photo by David Weil.
Israel News
Israeli youth discuss sovereignty, and future prospects in Judea and Samaria
Asaf Jayson, 18, one of the organizers of the “Youth Sovereignty Conference,” helps energize a contingent of young people in Israel with a platform to put their ideology into action.
June 17, 2019
Josh Hasten
A panel of experts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) discuss anti-Semitism in the media, campus and public life. Photo by Kineret Rifkind.
Israel News
Is anti-Semitism becoming mainstream? Experts see alarming trend in media, campus and public life
“The ongoing decades-old long demonization and dehumanization of the Jewish state has been misunderstood as political criticism when in truth, it has been the new virulent form of anti-Semitism,” said Dan Diker, a fellow and senior project director at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
June 13, 2019
Josh Hasten
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) meets with Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, as well as small-business owners and community leaders, at the Hub Etzion co-working space and small-business center in Gush Etzion on May 29, 2019. Credit: Shannon Nuszen.
Israel News
In Israel, Florida’s governor hailed for making the sunshine state ‘most pro-Israel’ in America
Becoming the first U.S. governor to lead 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.
May 30, 2019
Josh Hasten
Duvi Honig (second from left), founder and CEO of the Orthodox Chamber of Commerce at the Anglo-Israeli/American Jerusalem Expo and Conference. Credit: Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce.
News
It’s all business (and a little socializing) at collaborative Israeli-Anglo forum in Jerusalem
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.
May 16, 2019
Josh Hasten
Yoav Kisch, then-chairman of the Interior Affairs Committee, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 12, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
As exit polls come in, Likud members cautiously express hope in Israeli elections
“We have to save the right. There’s only a few more hours. Go out and vote, otherwise we get a leftist government,” tweeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud.
April 9, 2019
Josh Hasten
View of a giant election campaign poster in Jerusalem showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud Party, March 31, 2019. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Likud expressing concern over turnout as Israeli elections wind down
“I’m hoping that people get out to there and vote, the numbers are not looking in our favor,” said Rachel Broyde, the head of Anglo campaign for the Likud Party.
April 9, 2019
Josh Hasten
Charlie Kirk
Antisemitism
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk speaks of ‘eye-opening’ stint in Israel
“The Western media has become so good at lying about this country,” says Charlie Kirk, founder of “Turning Point USA” organization, whose fact-finding mission showed him realities on the ground that will assist him in his pro-Israel advocacy on college campuses.
March 20, 2019
Josh Hasten
Children participate in the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel's (SPNI) education and leadership program, which allows siblings to bond with other children growing up under similar circumstances. Credit: SPNI.
Culture and Society
Outdoor Israeli leadership program engages siblings of kids with disabilities
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.
March 10, 2019
Josh Hasten
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked at a press conference announcing Hapoel Beer Sheva owner Alona Barkat is officially joining the New Right Political party, in Tel Aviv on February 7, 2019. Credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90
Israel News
Israeli Justice Minister: Trump peace plan ‘calls for Palestinian state in most of Judea and Samaria’
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.
Feb. 12, 2019
Josh Hasten
Two teams in Israel lining up. Credit: Erel Taly.
Feature
Israelis get inside the huddle, embrace the strategy and tactics of American football
Thanks in large part to the efforts of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, more than 2,000 men, women and youth participate in seven different leagues of flag and tackle football.
Feb. 5, 2019
Josh Hasten
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