Etgar Lefkovits Archives

Etgar Lefkovits

Haifa Port, July 31, 2022. Photo by Shir Torem/Flash90.

Israel-Gulf train awaits Saudi normalization

The project would link Haifa to the Saudi Gulf port of Damman, the UAE and Bahrain.

Etgar Lefkovits

May 29, 2023

Eitan Neishlos holds his grandmother’s shoebox at Auschwitz-Birkenau during the 2022 March of the Living. Photo by Tali Natapov/Neishlos Foundation.

Shoebox tale of Shoah survival alters entrepreneur’s life

The grandson of a survivor quit Australia to spearhead Holocaust education in the UAE and beyond.

Etgar Lefkovits

May 23, 2023

Education Minister Yoav Kisch (rear right) meets with the visiting business leaders in Jerusalem, May 18, 2023. Courtesy of the Lincoln Club of Orange County/Bar Shvo.

California entrepreneurs eye Israeli high-tech

Orange County businessmen plan investment in Start-Up Nation and the region.

Etgar Lefkovits

May 23, 2023

Swedish MP Richard Jomshof (left) and MEP Charlie Weimers visit the Knesset, May 2023. Courtesy.

Conservative Swedish party with extremist past seeks Israel friendship

Visiting delegation, boycotted by the Foreign Ministry, visits Yad Vashem, meets with MKs.

Etgar Lefkovits

May 21, 2023

Israeli Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel addresses the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus in Washington, May 17, 2023. Courtesy.

Israel’s intelligence minister: More Arab states want to make peace

“The dynamics are changing and regional peace is tangible,” Gila Gamliel tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Etgar Lefkovits

May 17, 2023

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration drug manufacturer inspection, 2011. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Proposal to open FDA offices in Israel and UAE heads to Congress

Israeli Health Ministry approval is still pending.

Etgar Lefkovits

May 17, 2023

Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Israel Mukhtar Mammadov (left) presents his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on March 26, 2023. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Azerbaijan embassy in Israel a ‘catalyst’ to ever-growing ties

An interview with Baku’s first-ever ambassador to the Jewish state, Mukhtar Mammadov.

Etgar Lefkovits

May 15, 2023

The curse tablet found on Mount Ebal. Photo by Jaroslav Valach.

Scholars expound on Mount Ebal curse tablet with oldest Hebrew text

The 3,200-year-old find could prove Israelites were literate when they entered the land.

Etgar Lefkovits

May 12, 2023

From left: Guatemalan Deputy Anibal Samayoa; IAF Latin America director Leopoldo Martínez; Ambassador of Israel in Guatemala Yiftah Curiel; Israel Allies Caucus president in Guatemala Deputy Fidel Reyes Lee; executive director of the Jewish Community of Guatemala Ilan Lopez; and deputy Jorge Castro. Credit: Courtesy.

Guatemalan foreign minister pledges country will be Israel’s best Latin American ally

Pro-Israel activist receives honorary doctorate in recognition of his work in faith-based diplomacy.

Etgar Lefkovits

May 11, 2023

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