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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.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks about snapback sanctions on Iran, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 21, 2020. Credit: U.S. State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.
U.S. News
Pompeo tops list of Israel’s Christian allies
The Washington-based advocacy group Israel Allies Foundation releases the list annually.
Sept. 29, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends a rally in support of judicial reform in Tel Aviv, March 30, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
World News
Israel’s communications minister heads to Riyadh
Shlomo Karhi is attending a global conference of the Universal Postal Union in Saudi Arabia.
Sept. 28, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
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Israel News
Paraguay plans to open Jerusalem embassy in November
Israel will also reopen its embassy in Paraguay’s capital Asuncion.
Sept. 27, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Secular and religious Jews argue at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, Sept. 24, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
Israel News
Religion and politics clash on Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv
The secular-Orthodox divide has grown wider.
Sept. 26, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Thousands of Christian pilgrims parade in Jerusalem, marking the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and the Feast of Tabernacles, Oct. 13, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Jewish Life
Thousands of Christians coming to Jerusalem for Feast of Tabernacles
The Fijian deputy prime minister will lead his nation’s delegation ahead of planned embassy move.
Sept. 24, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in New York, Sept. 21, 2023. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.
Israel News
Congo to move embassy to Jerusalem
Five countries have their embassies in Israel’s capital, with more on the way.
Sept. 22, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Left to right: Emily Schrader, CEO of Social Lite Creative; Ran Natanzon, Head of innovation & Country Branding in the Israeli Foreign Ministry's Public Diplomacy Division; Hooman Khalili (artist); tour guide Ora Hartman; and Foreign Ministry official Dan Oryan. Photo: Dana Daraznin.
Feature
Murals commemorating Iranian protest icon unveiled in Israel
“The one country in the Middle East that cares about Iranian women is not Saudi Arabia, not Afghanistan, but Israel,” says Iranian-American artist Hooman Khalili.
Sept. 13, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter (center, behind the Israeli flag) at the signing of a declaration of intent regarding wheat production with Azerbaijan, Sept. 11, 2023. Credit Israeli Ministry of Agriculture.
Israel News
Israel grain deal with Baku and Tashkent to ‘ensure food security’
The accords with Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan are meant to ensure the Jewish state’s wheat supply.
Sept. 12, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
MP Ion Groza, chairman of the Moldovan Israel Allies Caucus. Credit: Courtesy.
World News
Moldova to launch Israel Allies Caucus
Shared biblical values are an important basis upon which to strengthen relations, caucus chair Ion Groza says.
Sept. 11, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Jews pray in a synagogue in Uman, Ukraine, before the start of Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 16, 2012. Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90.
Jewish Life
‘God has not always protected us in Europe,’ Netanyahu cautions regarding Uman trips
The Ukrainian town does not have enough bomb shelters in case of a Russian attack.
Sept. 10, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Haifa Port, July 31, 2022. Photo by Shir Torem/Flash90.
World News
Netanyahu lauds transport project linking India to Europe via Mideast
Much depends on the hoped for normalization in Saudi-Israel ties.
Sept. 10, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
Acting U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Hallett, Bahraini Ambassador Khaled Yousif al-Jalahma and Start-Up Nation Central CEO Avi Hasson at the Start-Up Nation Central offices in Tel Aviv, Sept. 7, 2023. Photo by Yam Lavi.
Israel News
US diplomat: Normalization with Israel a clear Saudi interest
Riyadh is the “preeminent target of the expansion of the Abraham Accords,” says chargé d’affaires in Jerusalem Stephanie Hallett.
Sept. 7, 2023
Etgar Lefkovits
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