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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.

Israel News
UAE-Israel land corridor expanding to Egypt
Use of the route has grown exponentially in the wake of the Houthi attacks on commercial vessels.
Dec. 24, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (left), MK Danny Danon (center) and former Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (right) at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Dec. 20, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Huckabee cites US educational fail during Gaza border tour
Programs funded by antisemitic Muslim countries are warping the minds of young Americans, including evangelicals, the former Arkansas governor said.
Dec. 21, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Ofelia Roitman being released in Gaza, Nov. 28, 2023. Source: Ashager Araro/X.
Israel News
‘It reminded me of the Holocaust,’ says grandma freed from Gaza
For 46 days, Ofelia Roitman did not know if it was night or day.
Dec. 20, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Ben-Gurion International Airport, May 2014. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
Tourism to Israel collapses as war rages
A mere 38,000 tourists entered Israel in November, compared to 370,000 during the same period last year, according to Israeli Tourism Ministry figures.
Dec. 19, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Trauma. Courtesy of Schneider Children's Medical Center.
Israel News
Is it OK to eat? Child hostages ask doctors who treated them
It is unclear how long the children will take to recover from their trauma, whether it will be months or even years.
Dec. 15, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Map
Israel News
UAE-Israel land corridor operating despite war
The transportation project, launched without publicity amid U.S.-brokered Saudi-Israel normalization talks, has picked up steam due to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, says Israeli firm.
Dec. 14, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Palestinians receive bags of flour at an UNRWA distribution center, Nov. 23, 2023. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Antisemitism
Swiss parliament moves to stop funding UNRWA
An aid cutoff would follow a similar move by Germany last month.
Dec. 13, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Judi Weinstein Haggai and her husband, Gad. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
Two months on, still no word on elderly US woman wounded on Oct. 7
As Israel’s war with Hamas enters its third month, Judi Weinstein Haggai remains missing.
Dec. 12, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Kibbutz Be'eri
Feature
Border kibbutz rebuilds from the ashes
Life slowly begins to return to Kibbutz Be’eri.
Dec. 10, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
MK Sharren Haskel (second from left), co-chair of the Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Dec. 6, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus calls to dismantle UNRWA
The U.N. agency was created to perpetuate the conflict, MK Sharren Haskel tells E.U. lawmakers.
Dec. 7, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Rooftile fragments discovered at the Giv‘ati Parking Lot Excavation in Jerusalem. Photo by Emil Aladjem/IAA.
Jewish Life
Ancient Jerusalem roof tiles provide a link to Chanukah story
“It’s very exciting to encounter the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV ‘face-to-face’, almost 2,200 years after the events of Hanukkah,” says IAA researcher.
Dec. 6, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
The American Muslim leaders meet in Sderot with Meirav Barkai of Kibbutz Be'eri, whose 81-year-old mother and 20-year-old nephew were murdered in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7. Photo by Yoav Lin.
Israel News
Muslim women leaders from US in Israel on solidarity mission
“We are here to denounce what Hamas has done to you.”
Dec. 4, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
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