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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.

“We are releasing thousands of terrorists, killers. It endangers the lives of people, sends the message that terror has no price,” MK Ohad Tal told JNS.
The front in Judea and Samaria could be “larger and more intense,” the Israeli premier warned.
Protesters are “cynically exploiting the pain of the families of the hostages,” said Likud lawmaker Tally Gotliv.
According to Hebrew media reports, one suspect was apprehended.
“I would like to clarify to them that it is just the beginning,” the Israeli prime minister said in a message to Hamas.
The justices ruled against the position of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who had sought to prevent the vote.
Itamar Ben-Gvir’s right-wing party resigned from the government on Jan. 21 in protest against the ceasefire in Gaza.
“In the end, Gaza’s governmental capabilities need to be destroyed,” said the Israeli finance minister.
“What happened with the Houthis yesterday ... ought to inform as to where we stand with regard to terrorism,” said U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff.
The Israeli premier cited an “ongoing lack of trust” between himself and Israel Security Agency head Ronen Bar • Netanyahu’s “expectation of a duty of personal loyalty” is “fundamentally illegitimate,” said Bar.
A spokesman for Chabad told JNS that the worldwide Jewish movement “absolutely” does not involve itself in the politics of the Jewish state.
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Israel asks Tesla to bid on tender for top officials’ cars
“We aren’t going to bow to woke trends,” a senior government official told JNS. “Teslas are great cars and we look forward to studying their bid.”