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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.

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.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called for the national security minister’s dismissal over the remark, claiming that he was “endangering every soldier in the IDF and every citizen in the State of Israel.”
Move can be interpreted as a win for Hamas, Iran, says Israeli U.N. envoy.
The entry of the IDF into Rafah promotes the two main goals of the war, said Foreign Minister Israel Katz
According to the White House, the president “reiterated his clear position on Rafah” and updated the prime minister on “efforts to secure a hostage deal.”
Oct. 7 was not a Shoah because we have the Israel Defense Forces, says Netanyahu.
Demands for a hostage deal, a Rafah battle, governmental stability and U.S. pressure all pushing the premier in different directions.
Israel cannot accept a situation in which the terror group regains control of the Gaza Strip, said the prime minister.
The Knesset voted 71-10 in April to give the prime minister authority to shut down the Qatari broadcaster’s local operations.
“Most people thought it was going to be a two-state solution. I’m not sure a two-state solution anymore is gonna work.”