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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 Israeli attacks reportedly coincided with a televised address by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the terror organization’s most senior leader.
“New Israeli regulations mandate that all food items going into Gaza must be procured and packaged inside Israel,” a spokesperson for GHF told JNS.
Tokyo has been carrying out a “comprehensive assessment, including appropriate timing and modalities, of the issue of recognizing Palestinian statehood,” said Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya.
The “long arm” of the Israel Defense Forces will continue to target its enemies, said the Israeli defense minister.
A lawsuit in the United States accuses the rapporteur of smearing ministries as war criminals by claiming they enabled Israeli “genocide.”
Hamas is calling for Palestinians across Judea and Samaria to “escalate the confrontation,” stating that the intentional murder of civilians is “a natural response to the occupation’s crimes.”
“The suspect attempted to flee and damaged an army vehicle,” the military told JNS.
The Israeli government has until now refrained from recognizing the 1915-1917 mass killings as genocide, citing concerns over its diplomatic ties with Turkey.
“I said that we would prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state, and we are doing it, together,” the premier declared.
Publisher Amos Schocken labeled OC Central Command Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth a “war criminal,” writing on X that “The Hague must arrest him.”
The $5.83m lawsuit accuses Khan of leveling false accusations against Israel, as well as providing services to terror groups.
“It is important that everyone out there who helps Israel in various ways knows that, when the time comes, Israel will assist them,” the victims’ attorneys said.