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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.

Palestinian terrorists murdered captive Cpl. Noa Marciano at the hospital, according to the Israeli military.
Ninety-eight percent of respondents said the Oct. 7 slaughter made them feel “prouder of their identity as Palestinians.”
Israeli media shared a picture of Israel Defense Forces holding up Israeli flags inside Hamas’s parliament building in Gaza.
Separately, seven IDF soldiers were injured when terrorists fired mortar shells at Kibbutz Manara.
Jerusalem has authorized the passage of 8,000 Arabs from Judea and Samaria across the pre-1967 lines.
Israeli NGO Regavim has released a video compilation of Fatah officials and P.A. media praising Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
“Mr. Secretary-General, in what world do you live?” said Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.
The Israel Defense Forces attacked Hezbollah targets in response.