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Originally from Casablanca, Morocco, Amelie made aliyah in 2014. She specializes in diplomatic affairs and geopolitical analysis and serves as a war correspondent for JNS. She has covered major international developments, including extensive reporting on the hostage crisis in Israel.

The U.S. Army has “flattened” Iran’s air defenses and defense industrial base, including the factories and production lines supporting missile and drone programs, the American defense secretary said.
“We want to create something to help others. We have the power to do it,” said Iris Haim, whose son was killed in a tragic friendly fire incident in the Gaza Strip.
“Our enemies will never defeat us,” Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen tells JNS.
“In the past, I was always only stationed up to the border.”
A ceasefire deal in Gaza can foster a Middle East coalition against Iran, Shelly Tal Meron tells JNS.
Israel plans to build an advanced border barrier to protect against Hezbollah attacks.
The event was led by Iris Haim, whose son, Yotam, was one of three hostages misidentified as Hamas terrorists and accidentally killed last year.
“The war against terrorism is not just an Israeli one and it is not just in Gaza,” the Yesh Atid Party leader added.
More Druze have applied for Israeli citizenship since the fall of Assad.