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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.

However, if the Iranian people shake off the shackles of oppression, that would be welcome, government spokesman David Mencer tells JNS.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “absolutely” grown stronger in his faith, the haredi politician said.
The operation against Tehran “was not and has not been about regime change,” the U.S. defense secretary added.
In four days, IDF and Mossad eliminated 30 Iranian officials affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the country’s nuclear program.
Thousands of terrorists have been trained to invade under the cover of rocket and missile fire and establish a Palestinian state on Israel’s ruins.
The upcoming U.N. conference, sponsored by France and Saudi Arabia, is set to focus on determining steps toward recognizing a Palestinian state.
The finance minister said the decision was made against the background of the “delegitimization campaign” led by the P.A. against the Jewish state.
The Sephardic ultra-Orthodox Shas Party needs to vote in favor of the dissolution bill to trigger an election.