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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
Amichai Chikli
Israel News
Diaspora Affairs Minister draws a direct line from 2005 Gaza pullout to Oct. 7
“We betrayed the land of Israel when we withdrew from Gaza, and the land of Israel did not forget,” Amichai Chikli, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, said at a conference on Judea and Samaria.
Oct. 29, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Gideon Sa'ar
Israel News
Israel’s foreign minister: Americans also have doubts about peace plan
Still, “they think we should give it a try,” Gideon Sa’ar said at “The Future of Judea and Samaria” conference in Jerusalem.
Oct. 29, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Ezra Cohen
World News
Panama launches parliamentary Israel caucus
“Nations must decide whether they stand with truth, democracy, and the forces of progress, or with the forces of hate and distortion,” said Panama’s Ambassador to Israel Ezra Cohen.
Oct. 28, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Avi Lewis
World News
‘You have to want it': Australian immigrant returns to Melbourne to tell his Israeli story
“I feel the prosperity of the Jewish people walks hand in hand with the success of the State of Israel,” said Avi Lewis.
Oct. 27, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Participants at an aliya fair in Melbourne, Australia which included a focus on medical professionals. Credit: Scott Ehler, October 26, 2025.
Israel News
100 Australian doctors prepare to immigrate to Israel
The MedEx event held in Melbourne and Sydney, comes as Israel expands global efforts to recruit physicians from abroad.
Oct. 26, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
An American Airlines passenger plane parked at a gate at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Aug. 24, 2025. Photo by Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
American Airlines returning to Israel in March
The carrier will offer daily non-stop service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Oct. 24, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates after winning the LDP leadership election on Oct. 4, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon - Pool/Getty Images.
Analysis
Japan’s first female premier expected to further ties with Israel
“When Japan looks to the outside world it always looks at the United States,”
Oct. 24, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
A British Airways Boeing 777-23(ER) lands at Heathrow Airport, London, Aug. 10, 2025. Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images.
Israel News
British Airways, Iberia to resume Israel flights next week
Scandinavian Airlines is also returning to Israel next week after nearly a decade, with thrice weekly service from Copenhagen to Tel Aviv, while the German low-cost carrier Eurowings will restart flights to Tel Aviv next week as well.
Oct. 22, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
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