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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.

Iranian security official Mohsen Fathi Zadeh, who received a call from the Mossad. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Mossad is calling senior Iranian commanders and pressuring them to stand aside
Hundreds of phone calls are being made by Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, along with targeted assassinations of top regime leaders.
Mar. 22, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Francesca Albanese
World News
Serbia blasts Albanese for ‘unacceptable interference’ after her latest criticism of Israel
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
Holocaust Survivors in Auschwitz
Features
‘Hard to believe what happened here,’ says Swedish-born Holocaust survivor
Jews of all generations meet Merrill Eisenhower, the great-grandson of U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, at Auschwitz 80 years after its liberation.
Apr. 23, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
People hang a Palestinian flag in front of the Parliament building after Slovenia's National Assembly recognized the Palestinian state following a parliamentary vote in Ljubljana, on June 4, 2024. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.
World News
Slovenia launches parliamentary Israel caucus
The move comes nearly a year after the country’s liberal government recognized a Palestinian state.
Apr. 23, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, arrives to testify during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.
Israel News
Huckabee arrives in Israel to take up ambassadorial posting
“This is not a trip but a complete move,” said the former Arkansas governor.
Apr. 17, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
The South African delegation at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, April 7, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.
Antisemitism
South African lawmakers visit Israel in rebuke to ANC
“We support Israel and believe that Hamas is a terrorist organization which must be annihilated,” MP Ashley Sauls tells JNS.
Apr. 11, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel in Malawai
Israel News
As part of bilateral labor agreement, Israel furthers ties with Malawi
The moves come amid a diplomatic tug-of-war in Africa between supporters and opponents of the Jewish state.
Apr. 8, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Golan Heights
Israel News
Passover tours across Syrian border sold out
The IDF-approved tours of the far side of the Golan Heights are scheduled to get underway next week.
Apr. 6, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Cairo
Israel News
Widespread hostility for Jews and Israel found in Egypt’s state media
But an earlier study found improvement.
Apr. 3, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli and Hungarian National flags are raised on the oldest Hungarian bridge, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest, as preparations are under way for the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is scheduled for talks with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and other senior Hungarian officials from April 2 to 6, 2025. Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Hungary expected to announce embassy move to Jerusalem, withdraw from international court
The diplomatic moves would serve to strengthen the alliance between Hungary, Israel and the United States at a time of fractious divisions over foreign policy within the European Union.
Apr. 2, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
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