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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.

“Qatar is an enemy and a core part of the Muslim Brotherhood ideology,” said the minister for diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism.
“Either the Islamic Republic will dismantle its nuclear program voluntarily, or the free world will do it for them,” said Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel.
The South American leader will address the Knesset and sign a memorandum of understanding.
On Friday, Trump said that Riyadh may soon join the Abraham Accords.
“Every representative who has come here is a triumph of light for the Jewish people and a reminder that we are the victory of the spirit,” said Eli Sharabi, a former Israeli hostage who spent 491 days in Hamas captivity.
Jews of all generations meet Merrill Eisenhower, the great-grandson of U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, at Auschwitz 80 years after its liberation.
The move comes nearly a year after the country’s liberal government recognized a Palestinian state.
“This is not a trip but a complete move,” said the former Arkansas governor.
“We support Israel and believe that Hamas is a terrorist organization which must be annihilated,” MP Ashley Sauls tells JNS.
The moves come amid a diplomatic tug-of-war in Africa between supporters and opponents of the Jewish state.
The IDF-approved tours of the far side of the Golan Heights are scheduled to get underway next week.