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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.

In an interview with Egypt’s ON channel, P.A. chief Mahmoud Abbas had said he hopes to hash out a unity deal with all Palestinian terror groups.
A Foreign Ministry spokesperson did not immediately offer comment on whether Kaag would be welcome in Israel.
“Palestinians’ voices and aspirations must be at the center of post-crisis governance in Gaza,” a U.S. government spokesperson told JNS.
When asked who should rule Gaza, 60% of respondents said the terror group.
The measures under discussion could involve travel bans, asset freezes and a ban on importing products made by Israeli businesses.
U.S. officials visited Ramallah earlier this week to discuss a plan for the day after the war in Gaza.
After JNS contacted Meta, three accounts were promptly restored, with a spokesperson saying the company was looking into the matter.
Party leader Geert Wilders has repeatedly urged the Dutch government to move its embassy in the Jewish state from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.