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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 Judea Brigade is now focusing on its defensive mission ahead of Shabbat Chayei Sarah celebrations in Hebron.
The letter does not name the foreign actor, but Israel’s Channel 12 News reported that the suspicions concern Qatar.
Updated results show Likud remaining the largest party and Netanyahu’s bloc in front, though still short of a clear governing majority.
Partial results projected Netanyahu’s bloc securing the most seats, with Likud the largest party, albeit without a clear path to a governing majority.
“There is not, and there will not be, a Palestinian state,” the Israeli prime minister pledged. He also called for the corruption trial against him to be dropped.
“At this stage, it is not possible to determine its origin or purpose with certainty,” the military told JNS.
“I am proud to lead a tremendous revolution in settlement in Judea and Samaria and to effectively kill the idea of a Palestinian state,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told JNS.
An initial review suggested that the explosion was “likely caused by an unexploded cluster munition belonging to Hezbollah that had remained in the area,” per the Israel Defense Forces.
Maastricht University said it acted out of “concern for the safety of the student himself, fellow students and staff.”
A main suspect in the Iranian-run network was recently arrested in Turkey.
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.