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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.

U.S. Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 25, 2017. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
Special envoy Jason Greenblatt: ‘Palestinian leadership is not talking to us, much to their detriment’
Trump’s top envoy to the Middle East has a herculean task before him: to help negotiate the peace plan between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Sept. 12, 2018
Josh Hasten
Family members of Avera Mangistu (at left in illustration) call on the United Nations to facilitate his release from the Gaza Strip. Credit: Josh Hasten.
Israel News
Prior to Rosh Hashanah, families of two Israelis held captive in Gaza appeal for news
“They must find a way to bring us a sign of life. Please be our partners in saving their lives,” came an agonizing plea from Ilan Mangistu, the brother of Avera Mangistu, who with Hisham Al Sayeed were captured by Hamas in Gaza years ago.
Sept. 6, 2018
Josh Hasten
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. President Bill Clinton and PLO head Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo Accords, Sept. 13, 1993. Photo by Vince Musi/The White House.
Feature
Deconstructing the Oslo Accords 25 years later: Was it a gift or a curse?
Although the agreement itself didn’t call for the creation of an official Palestinian state west of the Jordan River, subsequent Israeli proposals over the years did allow for such an entity to come into being. All of those offers, however, were rejected by the Palestinian leadership.
Sept. 5, 2018
Josh Hasten
The American Football in Israel men’s national team with the Guatemalan team at the World Championships of American Flag Football in Panama. Credit: Courtesy.
Culture and Society
Israeli men just miss making the podium at flag-football world championships in Panama
Big sports news: Israel was chosen to host the European Championships of flag football next year in Jerusalem.
Aug. 15, 2018
Josh Hasten
Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during the Cohen benediction priestly blessing during the holiday of Sukkot, Oct. 8, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
U.S. News
Why Israelis aren’t as worked up about the Western Wall as Diaspora Jews
The Israeli public as a whole has been substantially less committed to—in fact, downright unenthusiastic about—changing the status quo.
Aug. 1, 2018
Josh Hasten
Declaration of State of Israel, May 14, 1948
Israel News
Knesset makes it official: Israel is a Jewish state
The bill now holds weight as one of Israel’s “Basic Laws,” the highest level of legal authority, being that Israel has no official constitution.
July 19, 2018
Josh Hasten
The “Mavi Marmara” leaves Antalya, Turkey, for Gaza on May 22, 2010. Nine days later, it was at the center of the Gaza flotilla incident that led to a deterioration in Israel-Turkey relations. Credit: Free Gaza Movement via Wikimedia Commons.
News
Jerusalem court issues lien on ships headed to Gaza, with proceeds going to Israeli victims of terror
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.
July 17, 2018
Josh Hasten
The city of Ma’ale Adumim, located four miles from Jerusalem’s municipal boundary, Jan. 1, 2017. Photo by Yaniv Nadav/Flash90.
Israel News
With ‘peace’ in doubt, Israelis search for alternatives to two-state solution
Proposals for new paradigms, including calls for Israel to extend sovereignty over territories currently occupied by Israelis and Palestinians, are gaining traction.
July 2, 2018
Josh Hasten
U.S. and Israeli first responders gather around U.S. Ambassador David Friedman at an ASTI dinner and awards ceremony held in their honor. Credit: Binyamin Ben Kahlon
News
Hands-on training from the ground up: US first-responders study methodology in Israel
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.
June 28, 2018
Josh Hasten
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