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Troy Osher Fritzhand

Troy Osher Fritzhand

Troy Osher Fritzhand is the Jerusalem correspondent at JNS, covering the capital city, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Knesset. He was previously the politics and Knesset reporter at The Jerusalem Post and has written for the Algemeiner Journal and The Media Line. Also an active member of the city’s tech scene, he resides in Jerusalem with his wife.

The former defense minister and chief of staff has given Netanyahu until June 8 to formulate a plan to achieve six key war goals.
The Israeli premier is facing a seemingly impossible task with competing forces from every side pushing for what they believe to be the best path forward in the coastal enclave.
The measure is “important news for immigrants,” says Israeli Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer.
The identical text passed a first reading in the previous Knesset.
This year’s celebrations are mixed with sorrow as the war in Gaza and the rocket attacks in the north continue.
Our story will have a happy ending, Netanyahu promised.
“We all fight together. Because this is the only way to defeat the monsters of Hamas, who want to destroy us all,” said Prime Minister Netanyahu.
While the U.S. president’s threat to halt supplies of offensive weapons to Israel has some officials up in arms both there and in the U.S., its significance has been “blown out of proportion,” expert tells JNS.