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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.

“Owning an exchange is like owning a royalty on the success of a country,” said the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund, in Israel to ring the opening bell of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
“Just to think, not too long ago I was in the middle of nowhere with a tactical vest and a weapon,” said 22-year-old Omer Halabi.
The investor—a staunch supporter of Israel amid its war against Hamas—will ring the opening bell of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
The development will bring down airfares, transportation officials say.
Six countries currently have their embassies in Israel’s capital—the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Paraguay and Papua New Guinea.
Iran and Israel share an “ancient biblical friendship” going back millennia, said Saeed Ghasseminejad, an adviser to exiled Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi.
The Jewish state has to take the media war fueled by a trillion-dollar campaign by Qatar “much more seriously,” the philanthropist says.
“We need to pass on this history to the next generation—those who don’t understand what it means to be without a country—so they know why we are fighting for the Land of Israel,” said 69-year-old farmer Arieh Raf.