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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.

“Countries that want or are ready to send armed forces should be at least fair to Israel,” said the foreign minister.
President Donald Trump “often used the word ‘violent,’ so I like that word,” said Smotrich. “It will be very violent, forceful and quick.”
The Knesset advanced two bills to extend sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition.
“We will not be like our cruel enemies,” said Judea and Samaria District chief Cmdr. Moshe Pinchi.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly ruled out Turkey’s participation in the International Stabilization Force in Gaza.
The War of Redemption, fought on seven fronts since the Hamas-led terror attacks that killed 1,200 on Oct. 7, 2023, has restored deterrence, the premier said.
The Palestinian terror group’s attack prompted retaliatory Israeli strikes.
The hostages were received by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which transferred them to the Israel Defense Forces.
The delegation, led by Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, has been tasked with finalizing technical details of the captives’ release in the wake of Hamas’s initial acceptance of the Trump deal.
Instead of Hamas isolating the Jewish state, “we turned the tables and isolated Hamas,” Netanyahu said.
“She shouted at me: ‘You’re Israeli, you piece of...” and other curses in English,” Oziel Vatik told JNS.
“The time for ambiguity is over: Jerusalem is Israel’s eternal capital,” said Likud lawmaker Dan Illouz.