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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.

Binyamin Regional Council chairman Yisrael Ganz and Generation Zion founder Luke Moon cut the ribbon at the launch of the Shepherd Camera Project at the Ruach Ha’aretz agricultural farm in Binyamin, as local farmers and shepherds look on, Oct. 8, 2026. Photo by Josh Hasten.
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Binyamin Regional Council launches body-camera initiative for Jewish shepherds
The ‘Shepherd Camera Project’ aims to document confrontations in real time and provide footage to police, media and the public.
Oct. 9, 2026
Josh Hasten
A play structure designed by Psagot Playgrounds, featuring a spiral tube slide and climbing bridge. Credit: Courtesy.
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Made in Israel: Bringing creativity to playgrounds at home and abroad
From its home in Binyamin, Psagot Playgrounds combines Israeli ingenuity with decades of experience to create unique play spaces in Israel and the United States.
Oct. 8, 2026
Josh Hasten
Participants of a rally against antisemitism and in support of Israel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Dec. 17, 2025. Photo by André Dorst/Christenen voor Israel.
JNS TV / Judeacation
Netherlands searches Israeli travelers for Judea and Samaria products
Oct. 7, 2026
Josh Hasten
Capt. Ariel Armbrister speaks to a group of IDF officers about her experience defending the IDF’s Zikim base during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: IDF.
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‘I just needed to function’: IDF officer recalls battle for Zikim on Oct. 7
“There are people who look away, and then there are the ones who can’t stop looking. I’m the kind who has to look, and memory of what I saw will be there forever,” said Capt. Ariel Armbrister.
Oct. 6, 2026
Josh Hasten
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with flydubai passengers Yaniv Hayun, Or Pardilov, Dr. Shota Musayev and his wife, Sigalit, who helped thwart the attack aboard Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, Oct. 1, 2026. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.
JNS TV / JLMinute
Flydubai attack, UK terror plot put Israel on high alert
Oct. 5, 2026
Alex Traiman, Josh Hasten
JNS TV / JLMinute
Yom Kippur attacks, Trump’s Iran threats and Netanyahu’s UN trip
Sept. 24, 2026
Alex Traiman, Josh Hasten
A graffiti mural created by Israeli graffiti artist Dudi Shoval in Ashdod, Israel, depicting filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, creators of the documentary film “NAZA,” with the Hebrew word “Traitors” painted across their portraits, Sept. 15, 2026. Photo by Liron Moldovan/Flash90.
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Israeli researchers scrutinize ‘NAZA’ director Yuval Abraham’s past
Regavim alleges omissions and distortions in the filmmaker’s reporting, while an independent Israeli researcher examines his longstanding ties to Palestinian activists.
Sept. 18, 2026
Josh Hasten
(From left) Sovereignty Movement co-chairs Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover, Miriam Fuld and Ari Fuld Project CEO Stephen Leavitt at the Lion of Zion awards ceremony at the Beit Habracha complex in Gush Etzion, Sept. 15, 2026. Photo by Josh Hasten.
Israel News
Ari Fuld Project honors sovereignty activists with Lion of Zion award
Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover were recognized for decades of advocacy for Israeli sovereignty and their longstanding connection to Fuld’s legacy.
Sept. 16, 2026
Josh Hasten
Click photo to download. A Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia, on June 5, 2010. The Jewish community community needs to conduct a thorough audit of the impact of Operation Protective Edge inside and outside the Middle East, writes Ben Cohen. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via Wikimedia Commons.
JNS TV / Judeacation
Europe targets Israeli communities with trade bans and prison threats
Sept. 16, 2026
Josh Hasten
Netanyahu
JNS TV / JLMinute
Netanyahu’s critics turn up the pressure ahead of Israel’s election
Sept. 16, 2026
Alex Traiman, Josh Hasten
A Magen48 team training with the Israel Defense Forces. Credit: Courtesy of Magen48.
Israel News
Three years after Oct. 7, Israel has overhauled the defense of Gaza border communities
In a briefing with JNS, IDF Southern Command details strengthened local security squads, new reserve forces, advanced technology and training aimed at preventing another massacre.
Sept. 16, 2026
Josh Hasten
A shofar is blown at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, at the end of Yom Kippur, Oct. 12, 2016. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
Temple Mount activists challenge Rosh Hashanah restrictions, demand Jewish prayer
Petition urges government to open Judaism’s holiest site on the first day of the holiday, which falls on Shabbat this year, and allow the shofar to be sounded there.
Sept. 10, 2026
Josh Hasten