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Amelie Botbol is a diplomatic correspondent for JNS. Originally from Casablanca, Morocco, she made aliyah in 2014. Her reporting focuses on major international developments and the Israeli political arena, including weekly coverage from the Knesset. She also produced one of the world’s most extensive bodies of reporting on Israel’s hostage crisis following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attacks.

The Hebron spokesman secured the 12th slot after MK Tzvika Foghel opted not to seek reelection.
“We are a winning list that includes all parts of Israeli society,” MK Farkash-Hacohen told JNS.
‘I’ve been in politics for 15 years already, and I’m telling you with certainty: this is the most talented, execution-driven, and devoted list to run for the Knesset in the last generation,’ Naftali Bennett said.
Military commanders mobilized reserve units and tested sudden war plans ahead of the High Holidays.
The current standoff has effectively turned Carl von Clausewitz’s famous adage on its head: Politics is, for now, the continuation of war by other means.
Party officials emphasized judicial reform ahead of Israel’s Oct. 27 elections.
“There is democracy within Likud,” Israeli Transportation and Road Safety Minister Miri Regev told JNS.
Ambassador Walid Abu Haya tells JNS that up to 60% of Israel’s oil imports transit through Georgia, as Jerusalem and Tbilisi deepen economic and strategic ties.
Jews who travel into Area A of Judea and Samaria face a “danger of death,” Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman told JNS.
The Board of Peace envoy said that Israel would not be required to withdraw from the Strip until Hamas disarms.
“We can and know how to stand our ground, even against our best friends when necessary,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The far-left protesters “besieged” employees in their headquarters, the Religious Zionism Party said in a statement.