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Etgar Lefkovits

Etgar Lefkovits is an award-winning international journalist who is an Israel correspondent and feature news writer at JNS. A native of Chicago, he has two decades of experience in journalism having served as Jerusalem correspondent in one of the world’s most demanding positions. He is now based in Tel Aviv.

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
Israel News
Israeli legal group urges US to investigate Hind Rajab Foundation
The complaint urges the Justice Department to determine “who funds, directs, coordinates, services and benefits” from the group’s work, and to sanction it for its alleged terror ties.
July 17, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Colombia's incoming foreign minister Omar Bola Escobar meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Washington on July 14, 2026. Credit: Shmulik Almany/Israeli Foreign Ministry.
World News
Colombia’s new government will open an embassy in Jerusalem
The move comes amid a right-wing wave sweeping across Latin America that is reshaping alliances with the United States and Israel.
July 16, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
U.S. military aircraft at Ben-Gurion International Airport during the 2026 war with Iran. Photo by Etgar Lefkovits.
Israel News
Israel limits US aerial refueling aircraft at Ben-Gurion Airport
The tankers created a bottleneck at the airport due to a shortage of room to park planes.
July 15, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The Canterbury Cathedral, home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Church of England. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
World News
Church of England promotes document accusing Israel of genocide
The contested text describes Israel’s military campaign in Gaza following the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack as a “genocide” and states that Israel is a “colonial enterprise built on racism.”
July 14, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Passengers wearing protective face masks board an Israir flight to Eilat from Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport, on May 13, 2020. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.
Israel News
Israir to offer subsidized Eilat flights for residents
Israel’s second-largest carrier will operate at least four daily flights connecting the Red Sea resort with central Israel at a reduced fare of about $33 for a one-way ticket for city residents.
July 14, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev addresses the Shusha Global Media Forum, July 13, 2026. Credit: Courtesy of Azerbaijani Presidency.
World News
Azerbaijan president lauds Trump as a global peacemaker
A year after helping broker an agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the U.S. president is uniquely positioned to resolve conflicts worldwide, Ilham Aliyev said.
July 14, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
A plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 8, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel suspends parliamentary vote on recognizing Armenian WWI deaths as genocide
A month after the Israeli Cabinet approved the measure, the move comes at a delicate diplomatic moment as the region faces renewed turbulence.
July 13, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Figi Embassy in Jerusalem
World News
Fiji to launch Israel parliamentary group
“We stand firmly with Israel,” said Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka.
July 13, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Brandenburg Gate
World News
German Parliament advances bill criminalizing denial of Israel’s right to exist
Germany’s lower house of parliament will take up the proposed legislation after the summer recess.
July 12, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and his wife, Janet Huckabee, at the unveiling of a memorial olive tree in memory of the Bibas family at Moshav HaYogev in central Israel on July 9, 2026. Photo by Tal Marom.
Bibas Tree
Huckabee unveils memorial plaque on olive tree for Bibas family
The U.S. ambassador joined bereaved families at a northern Israeli olive grove where supporters around the world plant roots in Israel by adopting trees.
July 10, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Israel News
Bernard-Henri Lévy calls post-Oct. 7 isolation of Israel a ‘historic moral failure’
The French philosopher told JNS the West’s failure to stand with Israel after the Hamas massacre represents “a defeat of humanity” and the loss of its moral compass.
July 9, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and his wife, Janet Huckabee, at the unveiling of a memorial olive tree in memory of the Bibas family at Moshav HaYogev in central Israel on July 9, 2026. Photo by Tal Marom.
Israel News
Huckabee: ‘Clear’ to Trump that Iranians are not serious about peace
The U.S. envoy said the American president has given Tehran “more than adequate opportunities” to negotiate, but warned the regime is not acting “like civilized people.”
July 9, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits