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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.

IDF Fallen, Druze
Feature
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.
Feature
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
Etgar Lefkovits
An Israeli boy at Kibbutz Or HaNer, near the northern Gaza Strip, smells a tulip planted by Dutch Christians. Credit: Christians for Israel. (CVI).
Israel News
150,000 tulips donated by Dutch Christians starting to bloom in Israel
More than one-third of the bulbs are now blooming in the Gaza border area.
Jan. 12, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Pro-Palestinian Rally in Melbourne, Australia
Israel News
Melbourne sees renewed anti-Israel protest as fires rage across Victoria state
Organizers defy requests from police and mayor to postpone the event.
Jan. 11, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
S. Fitzgerald “Fitz” Haney, managing director for Latin America of The Genesis Prize, meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
From Tennessee to Tel Aviv via Mexico City: A Catholic African-American financier and diplomat’s journey to Judaism
S. Fitzgerald (“Fitz”) Haney’s life story—from religious Catholic to a practicing Jew who journeyed from the Volunteer State to Ra’anana via Puerto Rico and Mexico City, is anything but ordinary.
Jan. 9, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Samoa Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt addresses Christian leaders, Jan. 5, 2026. Credit: International Christian Embassy.
Israel News
Samoa to inaugurate an embassy in Jerusalem in 2026
The news comes on the heels of similar moves by fellow Oceania nations, including Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
Jan. 7, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Dushanbe, Oct. 9, 2025. Photo by Grigory Sysoyev/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.
News
Azerbaijan does not intend to send peacekeepers to Gaza
“I have always maintained that the affairs of Arab countries should be resolved by the Arab countries themselves,” said the country’s president, Ilham Aliyev.
Jan. 7, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
IDF in Gaza
Israel News
IDF ‘deeply values’ its some 7,000 ‘lone soldiers’
About one-third of the “lone soldiers”—service members who do not have immediate family in Israel—are serving in combat units.
Jan. 6, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
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