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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.

The departure hall at Ben-Gurion Airport, April 4, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Israel News
Digital pre-approval for tourists to Israel pushed back to 2025
Airlines asked for more time to prepare for the change, which will expedite airport procedures for visitors from visa-exempt countries.
July 29, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli reserve soldiers help farmers pick oranges in Moshav Beit Hillel, not far from the Israeli border with Lebanon, Nov. 10, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Israel News
Volunteers saved $50m in Israeli produce during war, study finds
Hundreds of thousands of volunteers from Israel and around the world have helped rescue over 35,000 tons of produce, according to Israeli charity Leket Israel.
July 29, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Mourners attend the funeral in Majdal Shams of Druze children killed by a Hezbollah rocket fired from Lebanon, July 28, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Israel News
Druze in Israel outraged at Hezbollah massacre of children
“Why is Beirut still standing?” townspeople ask ministers at mass funeral.
July 28, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Kiryat Shmona Damage
Feature
Northern Israel border city is a ghost town scarred by war
Homes, bus stops and businesses alike in this now mostly lifeless city all bear witness to the missile, rocket and drone attacks that have rained down relentlessly for nearly 10 months.
July 25, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
US ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the Jewish federation's General Assembly in Tel Aviv, on October 24, 2018. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
Israel News
Friedman: Palestinians should have autonomy sans voting rights, like Puerto Ricans in US
“Nobody accuses the United States of being an apartheid state,” the former U.S. ambassador to Israel told the Knesset.
July 24, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
A solidarity rally for the Palestinian people in Athens, Greece on May 15, 2024. Photo by Dimitris Kapantais/SOOC via AFP/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Greece condemns attack on Israeli tourist mistaken for Jew
The 24-year-old Christian Arab from Nazareth was left hospitalized by the assault.
July 22, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Downtown Tel Aviv, May 28, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Israel News
Israeli hi tech resilient despite war
About 10% of the sector’s workforce has served military reserve duty during the campaign against Hamas.
July 21, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Photo: airhaifa.com.
Israel News
New Israeli airline eyes September launch for Haifa flights
The low-cost carrier will offer domestic and international short-haul flights to Mediterranean and Red Sea locations.
July 19, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Jack van der Tang signs the decree in The Hague as his wife, Inge (right), Rev. Satish Kumar of India and former Rep. Michelle Bachmann look on, July 4, 2024. Photo by Chris van Beek.
Israel News
Christians highlight Israel’s biblical roots to Hague court
The International Court of Justice is about to issue a nonbinding opinion on Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.
July 17, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Pro-Israel activist Yoseph Haddad speaking to U.S. college students. Credit: Courtesy.
Antisemitism
Israeli Arab social media influencer banned from YouTube
The few pro-Israel accounts need to be defended,” the IDF veteran tells JNS.
July 15, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli (right) speaks with the guests from Morocco at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, July 9, 2024. Photo by Yossi Zamir.
Israel News
A Moroccan delegation sees a different Israel in person
The Sharaka NGO aims to build on the 2020 peace agreement.
July 14, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
Fires in Northern Israel
Israel News
Northern Israeli landscape shows ravages of rocket fire by Hezbollah
“This is the biggest natural disaster since the establishment of Israel and something which will take years to repair,” says Shali Ben Yishai, director of the Northern Region of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund.
July 11, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
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