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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.

A group of Muslim religious leaders from Europe meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, July 7, 2025. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.
Israel News
Muslim religious leaders from Europe pay rare visit to Israel
“The war that broke out after Oct. 7 is not a war between Israel and Hamas or Israel and Hezbollah but a war between two worlds.”
July 7, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Israelis taking part in an event at the Mount Carmel National Park aimed at healing body and soul, July 3, 2025. Photo by Anat Harmoni/KKL-JNF.
Feature
De-stressing after 21 months of war
A new initiative offers anxious Israelis free body-and-mind-healing activities through nature.
July 6, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Azerbaijan and Israel
Analysis
Iran looking to scapegoat Azerbaijan over war with Israel
“Desperate to restore its image of power and deterrence, Tehran is issuing fierce, even delusional statements targeting Baku,” said the Jewish Agency’s honorary ambassador in Azerbaijan.
July 3, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, June 25, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel’s skies reopen to legal wrangling and high fares
Four Israeli carriers face multiple class-action suits over their wartime pricing • Foreign carriers argue they should not bear costs of compensation caused by hostilities.
July 1, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Sharren Haskel
Israel News
Israeli Deputy FM: US strikes on Iran dealt ‘major setback’ to nuclear program
“Israel stands at the front line, but we do not stand alone,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel tells European allies in Bucharest.
June 30, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
A Muslim woman wears the niqab in Brussels on April 27, 2010. Photo by Julien Warnand/Belga/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Bar-Ilan University bars student wearing niqab from campus
“It was made clear to you that this is not acceptable” on school grounds, the university’s rector wrote the young woman.
June 27, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
New immigrants from France arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport on June 25, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Israel News
Foreign carriers led by Flydubai start returning to Israel
TUS Airways, Blue Bird Airways and Etihad are also up and running at Ben-Gurion Airport; Hainan Airlines to join, and others on the way.
June 26, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
A woman holds a poster of Abolfazl Adinezadeh, a 17-year-old protester shot dead by Iranian security forces, during a rally to call for regime change in Iran, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, on June 23, 2025. Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Activist: Iranian regime on ‘brink of collapse’ as opposition remains divided
“We need an opposition that can cater to all the diverse groups in Iran since the only way to neutralize the nuclear threat long-term is regime change.”
June 25, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
An EL AL flight lands at Ben-Gurion International Airport, March 31, 2025. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Israel News
Ben-Gurion International Airport resumes full operations
Travel backlogs caused by the war with Iran are expected to last for days, with some foreign carriers set to renew service soon.
June 25, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Iran Strike, Israelis
Israel News
Israel closes airspace, grounds civilian flights after US strike on Iran
The airport was scheduled to reopen at 2 p.m., nearly 12 hours after operations were suspended.
June 22, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Kaja Kallas, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks during a debate on preparations for the June 24-25 NATO summit in The Hague, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on June 18, 2025. Photo by Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Conservative European lawmakers press EU to increase support for Israel and isolate Iran
“The recent events in the Middle East made one thing clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran must never be allowed to have nuclear weapons,” wrote the co-chairs of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group.
June 19, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
The maternity center at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on July 15, 2023. Photo by Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
8-year-old Ukrainian girl in Israel for cancer treatment killed in Iranian missile attack
Four members of Anastasia Borik’s family were also killed by the Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam.
June 19, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
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