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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.

Hagay Lober, who son Elisha Yehonatan was killed in action in Gaza, says they are hijacking the captives’ cause to try to bring the government down.
“At the end of the day, we want the same things: the release of all hostages and the end of the Hamas regime,” says a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister’s Office.
“This waiting period [ahead of the IDF operation in Rafah] is giving political groups an opportunity to be center stage,” said Shimon Or, whose nephew Avinatan is in Gaza.
Brothers Daniel and Neria Sharabi survived Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, only to be harassed by U.K. border agents in Manchester.
The families asked for guarantees that the negotiation teams have the tools and the leverage to bring their children home by Passover.
Israeli Ambassador to Cyprus Oren Anolik speaks with JNS about the Cyprus-Israel maritime corridor to Gaza, and the impact of the war with Hamas on bilateral relations.
The Geneva-based agency is preparing anti-Israel resolutions to be approved next week.
“The United States has abandoned its policy in the U.N. today,” charged Netanyahu in response to the Biden administration’s failure to exercise its veto.
Formerly known as “Adloyada,” the march was last held in Jerusalem 42 years ago.
“It’s important to have a good time and enjoy ourselves, but at the same time we remember that there are 134 hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza.”
“Canada completely lost its moral compass and cannot be seen as a strong democracy anymore,” MK Sharren Haskel told JNS.
High schoolers pray for the return of the captives from Gaza.