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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.

Benny Gantz and Gadi Eizenkot charged that the Israeli prime minister wasn’t telling the truth when he vowed to bring the hostages back alive.
“A war is being waged in Judea and Samaria; the prime minister and the IDF should treat it as a war,” said the Yesha Council, which called the rallies.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken last month hailed the prime minister for accepting the U.S. ceasefire proposal.
Sigrid Kaag’s office did not make clear whether the move had been postponed or canceled.
The explosive had been planted by terrorists with the intention of harming Israeli security forces.
“The latest [Israeli] massacre, the latest oppression, was the crime against the leader martyr Ismail Haniyeh,” said the Palestinian Authority leader.
“We don’t know how many more opportunities we will have to reunite hostages with their families,” said Jack Lew, the U.S. ambassador to Israel.
The Cabinet ministers proposed to condition supplies to Gaza on the return of hostages held by Hamas.