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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.

Overnight on Sunday, some 70 terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Be’eri from the Gaza Strip • Fighting between Israeli forces and terrorists is ongoing at seven locations in southern Israel.
The Cabinet officially approved a war situation and the taking of significant military steps, as per Article 40 of Basic Law: The Government.
The Netherlands’ finance minister, Sigrid Kaag, who is married to a former Palestinian official, sent millions to a terror-linked Palestinian NGO.
Sheikh Kamal Khatib charged the Israeli government with waging a religious war.
A member of Shimon HaTzadik’s “neighborhood committee,” Saleh Diab has been arrested numerous times for assaulting Jews.
The U.N. chief and the ICC prosecutor reportedly due to visit Ramallah.
A visit to the open area between Burqa and Oz Zion raises questions about the deadly Aug. 4 confrontation.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser’s position has put her at odds with the foreign office.