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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.

Delta Air Lines
Israel News
International airlines extend Israel flight suspensions due to Iran war
Delta delays return of Tel Aviv route until June as damage from missile debris prompts renewed passenger limits and widespread cancellations
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Javier Milei, Genesis Prize
World News
Milei: No truce in the face of terrorism
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
A butterfly clay bead from the Final Natufian period in Eynan-Mallaha (Upper Jordan Valley), colored red with ochre and marked with the fingerprints of the child (≈10 years old) who modeled it 12,000 years ago. Credit: Laurent Davin
Israel News
‘Children shaped clay 15,000 years ago in Israel’
Mar. 19, 2026
Etgar Lefkovits
Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka voices support for moving the embassy to Jerusalem at a Sunday night Chanukah candle lighting ceremony in central Prague, Dec. 14, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of Chabad-Lubavitch.
Israel News
Czech Republic expected to move embassy to Jerusalem in 2026
The show of support comes as Argentina plans to open its embassy in Jerusalem in the spring, and as Hungary is also weighing a similar move.
Dec. 16, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Sharren Haskel
Israel News
Israeli deputy FM: Line from Canberra’s silence on Jew-hatred to deadly attack
Sharren Haskel, who lived in Australia for six years, said she wouldn’t have believed something like this could happen in one of the safest places in the world for Jews.
Dec. 15, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) addresses a gathering of the Israel Allies Foundation in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2025. Photo by Jackson Young.
Israel News
Cruz: American churches ‘asleep’ on antisemitism
President Donald Trump receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israel Allies Foundation for his unflinching support of the Jewish state.
Dec. 14, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (center) with American and Israeli lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2025. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Iranian crown prince says regime is weaker than ever
The son of the late Shah urges maximum international pressure on Islamic Republic, and concomitant support for the Iranian people.
Dec. 12, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
General view taken during the examination of the government's initial version of the finance bill after the broad rejection of the draft finance bill (PLF) by French National Assembly at the Senate, the French Parliament upper house, in Paris on Nov. 27, 2025. Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
France to launch parliamentary Israel caucus
The new bipartisan caucus will join a global network of over 60 pro-Israel parliamentary groups worldwide run under the aegis of the Washington, D.C.-based Israel Allies Foundation.
Dec. 10, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
American evangelical leader Mike Evans speaks to visiting pastors in Shiloh, in the Binyamin region of Samaria, Dec. 5, 2025. Photo by Yossi Zamir.
Israel News
American pastors who visited Israel targeted by online hate
“No coordinated digital campaign will silence those who stand for truth,” says Friends of Zion founder Mike Evans, who organized the trip.
Dec. 10, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Israel Allies Foundation
U.S. News
Faith and diplomacy for Israel mix at major Christian event
The three-day gathering in Washington, D.C. culminates with an award ceremony honoring U.S. President Donald Trump for his unflinching support for Israel.
Dec. 9, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
Evangelical leaders from Africa tour the Knesset in Jerusalem during a visit to Israel. Credit: Dudu Koren
Israel News
Israeli FM: Evangelical support ‘more vital than ever’
“The Jewish state stands at a pivotal moment defending its place in the region,” Gideon Sa’ar told a visiting delegation of evangelical leaders.
Dec. 9, 2025
Etgar Lefkovits
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