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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.

Public intellectual Douglas Murray speaks alongside NGO Monitor Vice President Olga Deutsch and President Gerald Steinberg at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Halevi.
Israel News
Douglas Murray: Trump will bring ‘seismic change’ to the world
UNRWA is linked to terrorism, the U.N. Human Rights Council is a “clown show,” the Briton said.
Nov. 28, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Maciej Hunia
Israel News
Poland’s new ambassador aims to put Israel relations ‘back on track’
Former Polish intelligence chief Maciej Hunia sits down with JNS to discuss the future of bilateral relations.
Nov. 26, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images.
U.S. News
Israel’s deputy FM: Trump ‘uniquely positioned’ to stabilize Middle East
“President Trump has strategically surrounded himself with a team of seasoned leaders who possess a deep understanding of the Middle East’s complex dynamics.”
Nov. 20, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
MP Pedro Frazão, co-chair of the Israel Allies Caucus, Portugal. Credit: Duke of Winterfell via Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
Portugal launching Parliamentary Israel Caucus
“We stand with the Jewish people, who will no longer accept being unjustly blamed or targeted,” says lawmaker Pedro Frazão.
Nov. 18, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
The Nahal Ein Gev II site, 1.25 miles east of the Sea of Galilee. Naftali Hilger/The Institute of Archaeology/The Hebrew University.
Culture and Society
12,000-year-old spinning machine uncovered in northern Israel
A rare glimpse into the Natufian culture and the transition from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one.
Nov. 14, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hosts Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski on Dec. 22, 2023. Credit: Gov.pl via Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
Polish FM walks out of interview after question on his wife’s Jewish ancestry
“Making the origin of a candidate’s wife an issue in the presidential election is unacceptable,” Radosław Sikorski later tweeted.
Nov. 13, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
A Mediterranean Monk seal, a species considered critically endangered, lies on the seashore in Tel Aviv, on May 13, 2023, in a first on an Israeli beach according to the country's Nature and Parks Authority. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Amid war, rare seal returns to northern Israel
The animal, named Maya, was spotted near Rosh Hanikra and first visited Israel in 2010. Mediterranean monk seals are considered a critically endangered species.
Nov. 12, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Pinchas Weiss, the founder and director of Jerusalem-based NGO Mivtach. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
Ultra-Orthodox social workers treat wartime trauma
“My mission is to ensure that there will be no second generation of pain from Oct. 7,” says Pinchas Weiss, the founding director of what was originally an NGO catering to the ultra-Orthodox.
Nov. 11, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Drilling platform “Iran Khazar” in use on a production platform in the Cheleken of Dragon Oil Field. Credit: www.dragonoil.com/Wikimedia Commons.
World News
Trump supports Israeli attack on Iran oil fields, says US evangelical leader
But he wants it to happen before he takes office, says evangelical leader Mike Evans, the founder of the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem.
Nov. 8, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
An Israir plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Aug. 8, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Israel News
Israir to operate direct flights to NY, ending El Al wartime monopoly
Nov. 8, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Jewish businessman Eitan Neishlos (second from left) and Emirati strategist Amjad Tahad (second from right) meet with Australian Israel Parliamentary Group Senators Debra O'Neill and David Fawcett in Canberra, Australia, Nov. 5, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
A Muslim and a Jew from Dubai spread message of coexistence in Australia
Jewish entrepreneur Eitan Neishlos and Arab strategist Amjad Taha speak out against antisemitism during a joint trip “Down Under.”
Nov. 5, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Kemi Badenoch gives a speech after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest on Nov. 2, 2024 in London, England. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.
Israel News
UK Conservative Party elects pro-Israel leader
Israeli leaders welcomed Kemi Badenoch’s victory, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stating, “I am sure she will continue the great tradition of Israeli-British partnership and friendship.”
Nov. 4, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
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