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Akiva Van Koningsveld

Akiva Van Koningsveld is a news desk editor for JNS.org. Originally from The Hague, he made the big move from the Netherlands to Israel in 2020. Before joining JNS, he worked as a policy officer at the Center for Information and Documentation Israel, a Dutch organization dedicated to fighting antisemitism and spreading awareness about the Arab-Israel conflict. With a passion for storytelling and justice, he studied journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and later earned a law degree from Utrecht University, focusing on human rights and civil liability.

The remarks by Israel’s defense minister came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Jerusalem would withdraw from the country.
The Israeli military would have “no contact” with civilians and “no role” in separating the zones from the rest of Gaza, a source tells JNS.
“We believe it is still possible to establish such a joint list,” party chairman Yousef Jabareen told JNS.
“We are looking after the security of the people of Israel,” the senior minister told JNS.
The drill took place shortly before the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara.
Two ships suffered significant damage, but no casualties were reported.
The terror group “is buying time and engaging in spin,” an Israeli official charged.
“The destroyer has been destroyed,” the Israeli defense minister said as Ali Khamenei’s funeral procession got underway.
“It’s a win-win outcome for the American people,” said the vice president.
The Israeli leader warned the Israel-Lebanon agreement “won’t necessarily go unchallenged” by Tehran and its proxies.
Secular activist Naor Narkis’s suggestion that Religious Zionist soldiers’ casualty rates might not be so high were they to do “full military service” was “unnecessary,” said Golan.
The Israeli defense minister warned that Iran could strike the Jewish state in defense of its Lebanese proxy.