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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.

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Iranian missile strike on Israeli village reveals Tehran’s expanding war strategy
WATCH: “Judeacation” with Josh Hasten
Mar. 16, 2026
Josh Hasten
JNS TV
Inside the strategy to dismantle Iran’s regime
Mar. 16, 2026
Alex Traiman
IDF soldiers operating in Judea and Samaria during the week of March 1, 2026. Credit: IDF.
Features
Ramping up security in Judea and Samaria
Mar. 10, 2026
Josh Hasten
The Bahraini delegation at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, October 2021. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Features
In eight-day trip, Bahraini influencers see the reality, and warmth, that is Israel
They met with government officials and visited holy sites in Jerusalem before seeing other cultural, religious and historic places throughout Israel during their whirlwind tour.
Oct. 8, 2021
Josh Hasten
An Airbus 320 belonging to Egyptair airline lands for the first time in a commercial flight, at the Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Oct. 3, 2021. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.
Israel News
Egypt-Israel flights take off, warming relations that have been stagnant for years
For economic reasons, in particular, the Egyptian community sees the rewards experienced by Israel and their new peace partners in the Gulf as a result of the Abraham Accords and want a piece of the pie, said former Israeli Ambassador Zvi Mazel.
Oct. 5, 2021
Josh Hasten
Blowing shofar in the Gulf to mark the arrival of the Jewish New Year 5782. Credit: Association of Gulf Jewish Communities.
Israel News
As Gulf opens to Jewish life, Muslims spark interest in learning about High Holidays
One year after the Abraham Accords were signed, locals from communities in Gulf states have taken a keen and public interest in the Jewish New Year and its traditions.
Sep. 6, 2021
Josh Hasten
From left: David Benaym, Noam Leibman and Rudy Rochman in Nigeria. Credit: “We Were Never Lost.”
U.S. News
How three Israeli filmmakers wound up becoming the story in Africa
Rudy Rochman, David Benaym and Noam Leibman set off for Nigeria to film a documentary on a disconnected and lesser-known Jewish community there. Instead, they were arrested and thrown into prison for weeks.
Aug. 4, 2021
Josh Hasten
With teams on the ground, SeeTree starts by sending in an agronomist to create an initial assessment and establish a protocol for a farmer’s trees. The trees are then tagged and monitored utilizing military-grade drones, satellite imagery and team members in jeeps with mounted cameras. Credit: SeeTree.
Features
Utilizing skills honed as intelligence operatives, these Israelis are revolutionizing agriculture
SeeTree co-founder and CEO Israel Talpaz said “when I retired from Israel’s intelligence community, I hooked up to agriculture with the goal of bringing the expertise, technologies and capabilities that I learned in the defense world to the world of agriculture.”
Jul. 27, 2021
Josh Hasten
Ambassadors from several nations pose at the Aish HaTorah Center in the Old City of Jerusalem overlooking the Western Wall. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Israel News
Ambassadors tour Israel to better comprehend its multifaceted security challenges
“To think of all the generations that lived in the area before us and how they progressed is quite breathtaking,” said Doma Tshering, the Kingdom of Bhutan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, visiting the Jewish state for the first time.
Jul. 20, 2021
Josh Hasten
From left: Michal Berman, CEO of the Lone Soldier Center; Ayelet Levin; Knesset member Michael Biton; and Mark Levin (parents of Michael Levin). Photo by Yonit Schiller.
Israel News
Israel’s lone soldiers bolstered by ‘family,’ new program instituted for digital ambassadors
The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin held an inaugural event to help people understand not just the difficulties that lone soldiers face, but also their potential.
Jul. 16, 2021
Josh Hasten
A photo by the Beresheet spacecraft, in which an Israeli flag can be seen on a plaque with the inscription, “Am Israel Chai,” or “the Jewish people lives,” and in English, “Small country, big dreams,” taken 23,360 miles from Earth. Credit: SpaceIL/IAI.
Israel News
Countdown has begun: Israel redoubles efforts for second attempt to land on moon
The “Beresheet 2” mission is hoping to break several records in global space history, including a double landing on the moon in a single mission, along with landing on its far side, which to date has only been accomplished by China.
Jul. 15, 2021
Josh Hasten
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