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Akiva Van Koningsveld

Akiva Van Koningsveld is a news desk editor for JNS.org. Originally from The Hague, he made the big move from the Netherlands to Israel in 2020. Before joining JNS, he worked as a policy officer at the Center for Information and Documentation Israel, a Dutch organization dedicated to fighting antisemitism and spreading awareness about the Arab-Israel conflict. With a passion for storytelling and justice, he studied journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and later earned a law degree from Utrecht University, focusing on human rights and civil liability.

The Israeli military pushed back against charges from the U.N. chief regarding strikes targeting Hezbollah strongholds north of the border.
U.K. officials attached to missions in Kiryat Gat and Ramallah were told to halt their operations immediately, an Israeli source told JNS.
Jews who travel into Area A of Judea and Samaria face a “danger of death,” Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman told JNS.
The announcement comes as Israeli banks are expected to end correspondent banking services to Palestinian counterparts.
The president did not say where the negotiations would take place.
“The country of Israel joins me in this commitment,” the U.S. president said of the negotiations.
“Anyone who tries to hurt me will get a bullet in the head,” the Knesset member told JNS.
The decision reversed an order issued just days earlier following a wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks • Israel’s national security minister called on the premier to revoke the decision, calling it “capitulation to terrorism.”
Trump and Netanyahu will discuss “the defining issues of our time,” the official said.
The Israeli prime minister has met the U.S. president more than any other world leader since the latter’s return to office.
The Israel leader is also set to participate in a memorial service for Sen. Lindsey Graham.
“Public pressure, spirit and resolve have won,” Tzav 9 chairwoman Reut Ben-Haim said.