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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.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak speaks during a protest against judicial reform in Tel Aviv, June 24, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Israel News
Complaint seeks police probe into Ehud Barak and Wexner Foundation
The eight-page criminal complaint was filed by a Likud lawmaker and an Israeli NGO after newly released documents suggested that Jeffrey Epstein was involved in payment made to the former Israeli premier
Mar. 17, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (center) with Israeli Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel and American lawmakers at an Israel Allies Foundation gathering on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.
World News
Dozens of international lawmakers urge regime change in Iran
Mar. 12, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
An American Airlines plane. Photo by Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
American Airlines delays return to Israel until April due to Iran war
Mar. 11, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Workers lay a section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline near the Sangachal terminal and Baku, Aug. 11, 2003. Photo by Riza Ozel/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
Israel’s imports of Azerbaijani oil hit three-year high
The crude passes through Turkey, despite the Anatolian nation’s trade ban.
Jan. 23, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Christians pray at the Stone of Anointing in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City, during the Orthodox Christmas holiday, on Jan. 7, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Israel News
Holy Land Orthodox patriarchs’ condemnation of Christian Zionism sparks fierce backlash
Jerusalem letter exposes fissures within Christianity over ties with Israel.
Jan. 22, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
IDF Fallen, Druze
Features
Anglo-Israelis commemorate fallen Druze soldiers in the IDF
“A Hug for Heroes,” carried out via the Just One Chesed organization, commemorates fallen Jewish male soldiers with tefillin, female soldiers with a pair of candlesticks and Druze soldiers with portraits.
Jan. 21, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Honduras President-elect Nasry Asfura meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, Jan. 18, 2026. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
Israel News
Honduras president-elect expresses hope for ‘new era’ in ties with Israel
“It is a great honor for me to be in Israel again and to strengthen the ties which have been in existence over the last 77 years,” said Nasry Asfura during a visit to Jerusalem.
Jan. 18, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Odeh Abu Sabila and Eliana Swissa at the Oct. 7 memorial in Sderot, Jan. 8, 2026. Photo by Rina Castelnuovo.
Features
Sderot woman meets father of Bedouin killed saving her granddaughters on Oct. 7
Amer Abu Sabila died trying to drive Romi, 6, and Lia, 3, to safety amid the slaughter in Sderot.
Jan. 16, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Tali and Itzik Gvili
Israel News
Islamic Jihad is holding last hostage’s body in Gaza, says Israeli official
“Hamas knows how to put the pressure on Islamic Jihad, and they are not doing it.”
Jan. 15, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Netanyahu Milei
Analysis
Falkland oil dispute spurs Israeli-Argentinian tension, fake news
The British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean that has been claimed by Argentina for nearly two centuries is a charged topic in Buenos Aires.
Jan. 13, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Deputy Defense Minister and Chair of Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation in Moscow on Dec. 30, 2025. Photo by Mikhail Metzel/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.
Antisemitism
Russia blasted for Holocaust distortion over ‘Genocide of the Soviet People’ Day
“Yad Vashem condemns this latest attempt to manipulate the historical facts of Nazi persecution for current political purposes,” said Israel’s Holocaust Museum.
Jan. 13, 2026
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