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Etgar Lefkovits is a correspondent in the Israel bureau of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate).

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.

Francesca Albanese
World News
Serbia blasts Albanese for ‘unacceptable interference’ after her latest criticism of Israel
Belgrade condemns the U.N. official’s remarks on its military ties with Israel, calling them beyond her mandate.
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
An Israir plane at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Israel News
Israir cancels regularly scheduled flights until Passover
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the bombing at the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires that killed 29 people and wounded 200, at the Israeli Embassy Square in Buenos Aires on March 17, 2026. Photo by Juan Mabromata/AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Milei: Argentina’s commitment to the United States and Israel is ‘unwavering’
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The Jemaa el-Fnaa square and market place in the Medina quarter (Old City) of Marrakech, Morocco, Oct. 19, 2013. Photo by Boris Macek via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
Israel and Morocco set to resume direct flights
Some 200,000 Israelis flocked to the North African country in 2022, many on “roots trips.”
Nov. 9, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
An ambulance carrying fallen soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin arrives at the L. Greenberg National Institute of Forensic Medicine in the Abu Kabir neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Nov. 9, 2025. Photo by Matt Kaminsky/JNS.
Israel News
Israel receives remains of fallen soldier Hadar Goldin after 11 years
The Givati Reconnaissance Battalion officer returned home after 4,118 days in the Gaza Strip.
Nov. 9, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Avi Dichter. Credit: JCFA, November 5, 2025.
Israel News
Israeli minister: ‘Gaza war is not ended’ as Hamas won’t disarm
“The possibility that Hamas will put aside its weapons is the same possibility that Israel will win the [World Cup],” said former Israel Security Agency head Avi Dichter.
Nov. 5, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Passengers at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, May 4, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Israel News
Air India to resume flights to Israel in January
The Indian flag carrier will offer five weekly nonstop flights from Delhi to Tel Aviv starting on Jan. 1.
Nov. 5, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Sharon Stoliar at an aliya fair in Australia last week. Credit: Scott Ehler, October 26, 2025.
Features
A Sri Lankan-born pastor’s daughter becomes a voice against antisemitism in Australia
“I thought antisemitism was from World War Two days, and that Hitler is gone. I didn’t even know it existed today,” Sharon Stoilar told JNS.
Nov. 4, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Troy Miller
Israel News
US National Religious Broadcasters to host 2026 conference in Jerusalem
“Despite the noise of elitists, overwhelmingly the Christian community in the U.S. is holding firm in support of Israel,” NRB head Troy Miller tells JNS.
Nov. 3, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
A delegation of prominent African Christian leaders visiting the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, Judea, Oct. 28, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of the Deputy Foreign Minister's Office.
Israel News
Israel heightens diplomatic outreach to African Christians
“There is an environment of intellectual terrorism against Israel in the African Union,” said the Roman Catholic chaplain to the A.U.
Nov. 3, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Delta Air Lines
Israel News
Delta to resume flights to Tel Aviv from Atlanta and Boston in 2026
The Atlanta-based carrier already renewed service to Israel from New York City in September.
Oct. 31, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
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