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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 decision to demolish the row of homes was “based on operational necessity and was made only after considering alternative options,” the Israeli military said.
“We are committed to this. President Trump is committed to this,” said the finance minister.
“It is difficult for us to bear the discourse in recent days, led by extremist fringes in the media and on social networks,” said the Gvura Forum for bereaved IDF families.
The Houthis urged international airlines to cancel all flights to the Jewish state.
Hamas has looted at least 60% of the aid that Israel allowed to enter Gaza, the Shin Bet revealed last year.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa must “protect the Druze in the suburbs of Damascus from attacks by jihadist rioters,” said Defense Minister Israel Katz.
“For the president, getting the hostages home, especially our Americans, is front and center above everything else,” said the American ambassador to Israel.
The U.S. president has been clear: Tehran will never get the bomb, the American ambassador said,