Believe it or not, Israel will be holding elections for the 23rd Knesset this march – the third country-wide election in just one year, after MK’s from the leading parties were unsuccessful in forming a government coalition. Gil Hoffman, Chief Political Correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and Land of Israel show host, joins Josh Hasten to explain why Israelis will be going back to the polls on Monday, March 2, 2020.

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As thousands of Israeli kids from the Bnei Akiva religious Zionist youth movement were celebrating the culmination of a month-long period of festive activities, Hamas tried to ruin the party by firing rockets at the southern town of Sderot. The Sderot youth who gathered for their event were shaken but not defeated as they sang “the eternal nation is not afraid of a long journey.” The message was clear – the Jews have been targeted by her enemies for thousands of years, but we’re finally home, and not going anywhere. Josh discusses this story and everything else in the news from Israel on this week’s edition of “Israel Uncensored.”

On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh jumps from topic to topic in a week which saw the announcement of a new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron, while IDF forces neutralized a terror cell in that same area, which had been making a habit of trying to murder Israeli motorists on the roads. Also, did you realize that 2,600 rockets have been fired at Israel by terrorists from Gaza in the past two years alone? Someone is keeping score, but will someone finally do what it takes to stop the rockets? All of this and much more on today’s show.

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On this week’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh analyzes the Attorney General’s decision to indict Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Listen to Josh’s Jedi mind trick (no spoilers here), to understand what this indictment is really all about. Also on the show, Josh discusses the US administration and the State Department’s historic decision to publicly recognize that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are not illegal under international law.

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On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with Oren Hason, the CEO of the Lone Soldier Center in memory of Michael Levin. Hason talks about his organization’s important work with soldiers who arrive in Israel, with little to no family, in order to follow their hearts and serve in the IDF. The center is currently getting ready for their annual Thanksgiving party for lone soldiers to be held in Jerusalem on Thursday November 28. Also on today’s show Josh wraps up a tumultuous week in Israel with over 400 rockets fired by terror groups in Gaza at the communities in the south and center of the country. After 18 years of rocket fire, will it ever end?

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On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with Maurice Hirsch head of legal strategies at Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). Hirsch discusses a new PMW report showing how the Palestinian Authority spent at least 7 billion NIS between 2011-2018 on funding terror organizations bent on Israel’s destruction. Hirsch clarifies that these funds are separate from the money the PA uses to finance it’s “pay for slay” program offering incentives and rewards to Arab terrorists and their families.

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On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with David Ziering founder of Adama613 an initiative which allows people to buy their own piece of agricultural land in Israel. Ziering’s farmers will plow, plant, and fertilize your piece of land according to Jewish Law, taking off tithes for the poor, etc. as you will be given the opportunity to drink your own wine, eat your own olives etc. which grew on your own property in Israel. Also on the show, Josh discusses the escalation in southern Israel – once again, with rockets fired at Jewish communities over shabbat.

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On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, an interview with Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen from the Brit Hazon – Vision Alliance Movement. His movement’s goal is to re-instill a sense of Zionism for Jews in Israel and around the world, which he says perhaps has faded since Israel’s miraculous victory in the 1967 Six Day War. Hear how HaKohen and his colleagues are intellectually inspiring and shaping the next generation of Jewish thinkers and leaders.

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On today’s very special edition of Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh reports from the Gush Etzion ceremony on the anniversary of the murder of warrior for Israel Ari Fuld HY”D. People from all over Israel and some from overseas attended the moving event including Col. Richard Kemp, former British military forces commander in Afghanistan and Dr. Harold Rhode former Pentagon specialist on the Middle East. Josh also spoke to many other friends of Ari who told stories of how Ari inspired them to stand up for Israel, whether in the IDF, on social media, or throughout the world of public diplomacy including Avi Abelow, Brian of London, Zahava Englard Shapiro, Rachel Moore, Nadia Matar, Yehudit Katzover, and more.

Israelis went to the polls this past week, but results produced a stalemate leading to a period of uncertainty as to which Israeli leader will form the next government. While Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party received two more Knesset mandates than the incumbent – Prime Minster Netanyahu’s Likud, neither side has enough support to form a government. The ball is now in the court of President Reuven Rivlin to try and help the sides make compromises to reach the necessary 61 seats. If not, Israel could in fact be headed towards yet another election – its third in less than a year, this coming winter.  On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh tries to sort out the confusion and explain Rivlin’s daunting task.