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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.

The Israeli voluntter medic Moshe Weizman in southern Israel. Credit: United Hatzalah.
Israel News
Israeli medic who treated incoming Mossad director on Oct. 7 speaks out
“I’m really stunned,” he told JNS. “I have an enormous sense of satisfaction that I helped such a man.”
Dec. 9, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
American evangelical leader Mike Evans speaks to visiting pastors in Shiloh, in the Binyamin region of Samaria, Dec. 5, 2025. Photo by Yossi Zamir.
Israel News
Tucker Carlson has ‘no moral compass,’ evangelical leader tells pastors in Shiloh
Mike Evans also chides the U.S. vice president for opposing Israeli annexation of Judea and Samaria.
Dec. 7, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
South African Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber poses on the green carpet ahead of the 2024 Earthshot Prize Awards in Cape Town on Nov. 6, 2024. Photo by Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Pretoria halts visa waiver for Palestinians after Gaza flights
“South Africa will not be complicit in any scheme to exploit or displace Palestinians from Gaza,” Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber said.
Dec. 7, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
In a photo illustration, a "Guinness World Records 2024" book is seen placed on a floor at a Barnes & Noble store in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 11, 2024. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images.
Israel News
Guinness panned for refusing submissions from Israel, Palestinian territories
“We believe a quick course correction is warranted,” the Anti-Defamation League wrote on X.
Dec. 4, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Omer Shem Tov
Israel News
‘Pro-Bible is pro-Israel,’ Huckabee tells 1,000 US pastors in Jerusalem
Tucker Carlson booed at the largest gathering of pastors in Israel since the establishment of the state.
Dec. 4, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
In a photo illustration, a "Guinness World Records 2024" book is seen placed on a floor at a Barnes & Noble store in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 11, 2024. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images.
Israel News
Guinness World Records ‘no longer accepting submissions from Israel, Palestinian territories’
Israeli NGO Matnat Chaim had hoped an upcoming gathering of 2,000 kidney donors would make it into next year’s Guinness Book of World Records.
Dec. 3, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
At the British Parliament in London are, from left, U.K. Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues Lord Pickels, Israel Allies Foundation President Josh Reinstein, adviser to the U.K. Board of Trade Lord Hannan, MK Sharren Haskel, Lord Polak and Israel Allies Foundation Europe Director Leo van Doesburg, May 7, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.
Antisemitism
‘Antisemitism in Europe will take on more radical forms’
“The Pandora’s box of antisemitism has been opened,” Hanna Veiler, president of the European Union of Jewish Students, told JNS ahead of a conference on academic antisemitism at the European Parliament.
Dec. 3, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Yad Vashem
Israel News
Poland summons Israeli ambassador over Yad Vashem post
The Polish Foreign Ministry criticized the Israeli Holocaust museum for not amending a tweet that noted Jews were first forced to wear yellow badges in Poland, without mentioning that the country was occupied by Germany at the time.
Nov. 25, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan Credit: Courtesy
Israel News
Armenian deputy foreign minister to visit Israel
Israel has watched warily as Christian Armenia has grown into an increasingly significant trade partner of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Nov. 24, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
A joint meeting of Israeli and Azerbaijani government officials in Jerusalem on Nov. 20, 2025. Credit: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Israel News
Israel and Azerbaijan discuss expanding economic ties
The joint government session covered cooperation in energy, trade, investment, agriculture, transport and digitalization.
Nov. 23, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Palestinian children’s textbooks incite against Jews and Israel. Credit: IMPACT-se.
Israel News
Palestinian textbooks still glorify attacks against Israel, violating EU accord
A new report finds that “virulent antisemitism, the glorification of jihad and incitement to violence remain deeply embedded across all grades of Palestinian Authority textbooks.”
Nov. 19, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, chairman of the United Arab Emirates' Federal National Council’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Senior UAE official urges expansion of Abraham Accords
Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, chairman of the Federal National Council’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, spoke to Knesset members in a video address.
Nov. 19, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
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