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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.

From Debra Messing to Jerry Seinfeld, TV stars, influencers and others have been visiting the Jewish state to show solidarity.
Human rights group Shurat HaDin accuses the Geneva-based ICRC of delaying action after Hamas’s Oct.7 massacre and failing to visit the captives or deliver medical assistance.
“We live in anxiety, despair, torment and anguish at all times.”
Israel’s government remains convinced the best way to bring the captives home is to keep up the pressure in Gaza.
Despite warming relations between Rabat and Jerusalem in recent years, the situation has taken a turn for the worse after Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.
With billions of dollars pouring into its coffers every year, the terror group is the second-richest in the world.
“I don’t know if there is a safe place for us as Jewish people,” mother whose 18-year-old daughter was murdered at Kibbutz Be’eri says.
“Soldiers are aware of the importance of their mission, they know the stakes are high and while they can’t be home with their family, we still want them to enjoy Chanukah,” says IDF Home Front Command Haifa district rabbi.
“At every celebration and every family event, Danielle will be missing.”
“We are refugees in our own country. Everything is on hold,” said Adele Raemer, a retired teacher from Kibbutz Nirim in the south.
“It is essential that in the coming weeks, they get back to routine life. The routine will protect them.”
“Every day you live [in Gaza] could be your last,” they said in a joint statement.