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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.

The president of the National Congress of Honduras, Tomás Zambrano, and the Latin America director of the Israel Allies Foundation, Leopoldo Martinez, on March 23, 2026. Credit: Courtesy.
World News
Honduras congressional leader lauds war against Iran as a global game-changer
José Tomás Zambrano says U.S.–Israel campaign could weaken Tehran’s terror reach in Central and South America.
Mar. 24, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
The dispatch room at the Magen David Adom national operations center in Ramla fields both routine emergency calls as well as reports of injuries from Iranian missile attacks, March 18, 2026. Credit: MDA.
Feature
Missiles and medical emergencies all in a day’s work
Mar. 24, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
A traveler at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Jan. 4, 2022. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel imposes further airport restrictions following weekend missile attacks
Mar. 23, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Stanislaw (Shlomo) Aronson at his home in Tel Aviv, 2024. Photo by Jim Hollander/The Lonka Project.
Feature
The great escape
Holocaust survivor and Warsaw Uprising fighter Stanislaw (Shlomo) Aronson is back in Poland for the 80th anniversary commemoration of the revolt.
Aug. 1, 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
A town’s anguish over children killed in a soccer field
The killing of 12 youngsters by Hezbollah could mark a watershed event in the Golan Druze’s relationship with the Jewish state.
Aug. 1, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
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.
Jul. 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.
Jul. 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.
Jul. 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.
Jul. 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.
Jul. 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.
Jul. 22, 2024
Etgar Lefkovits
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