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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.

“UNRWA can never be part of a long-term solution to the conflict because at its core it seeks to perpetuate the conflict.”
The annual Israel Allies Foundation Chairman’s Conference will call to dismantle UNRWA.
“I felt for the first time that it was a war for our existence.”
“What is not surprising is the resilience of Israel—a nation born out of struggle,” New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli told JNS.
“People need to understand that language matters,” said Josh Reinstein, president of the Israel Allies Foundation.
The Jewish state will retain its observer status.
Hamas is dependent on the emirate financially, the prime minister said.
Based on congressional mandates so far, the funding cut is “not a suspension. It is a prohibition,” said U.S. special envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues David Satterfield.
An interview with U.S. political consultant and lobbyist Ralph Reed, founder and chairman of the Faith and Freedom Caucus.
Some 6,500 new immigrants have made Israel their new home since the Hamas terrorist attacks.
Israel has a duty to do its best to ensure that nothing like the Oct. 7 massacres ever happens again, the visiting former secretary of state said.
The JFNA emergency fund’s initial goal of $500 million was surpassed in less than two weeks.