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Amelie Botbol is a diplomatic correspondent for JNS. Originally from Casablanca, Morocco, she made aliyah in 2014. Her reporting focuses on major international developments and the Israeli political arena, including weekly coverage from the Knesset. She also produced one of the world’s most extensive bodies of reporting on Israel’s hostage crisis following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attacks.

Ambassador Walid Abu Haya tells JNS that up to 60% of Israel’s oil imports transit through Georgia, as Jerusalem and Tbilisi deepen economic and strategic ties.
Jews who travel into Area A of Judea and Samaria face a “danger of death,” Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman told JNS.
The Board of Peace envoy said that Israel would not be required to withdraw from the Strip until Hamas disarms.
“We can and know how to stand our ground, even against our best friends when necessary,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The far-left protesters “besieged” employees in their headquarters, the Religious Zionism Party said in a statement.
While Israel respects U.S. President Donald Trump’s duty to protect America’s interests, Washington’s priorities do not always coincide with Jerusalem’s, Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Yitzhak Kroizer told JNS.
The Yesh Atid lawmaker argues that the country’s recovery must begin with national healing.
The Yesh Atid lawmaker says Israel needs a broad Zionist coalition to rebuild the country after the Oct. 7 attacks.
The president did not say where the negotiations would take place.
The Israeli military destroyed five weapons depots belonging to the Palestinian terrorist group across the Strip.
“The country of Israel joins me in this commitment,” the U.S. president said of the negotiations.
“Anyone who tries to hurt me will get a bullet in the head,” the Knesset member told JNS.