Etgar Lefkovits

Israel

Journalist at The Jewish Press

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Huckabee arrives in Israel to take up ambassadorial posting

1 week ago | jns.org | Etgar Lefkovits

(April 17, 2025 / JNS)US Ambassador-designate Mike Huckabee arrived in Israel on Thursday, and will officially take up his position in Jerusalem next week. The former Arkansas governor landed in Israel toward the end of the week-long Passover holiday and ahead of Easter Sunday after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week. He will present his credentials to Israel President Isaac Herzog on Monday at an official ceremony in Jerusalem.
Huckabee arrives in Israel to take up ambassadorial posting

1 week ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Etgar Lefkovits

US Ambassador-designate Mike Huckabee arrived in Israel on Thursday, and will officially take up his position in Jerusalem next week. The former Arkansas governor landed in Israel toward the end of the week-long Passover holiday and ahead of Easter Sunday after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate last week. He will present his credentials to Israel President Isaac Herzog on Monday at an official ceremony in Jerusalem.
South African lawmakers visit Israel in rebuke to ANC

1 week ago | jns.org | Etgar Lefkovits

(April 11, 2025 / JNS)A group of 15 South African parliamentarians, including members of the national unity government, visited Israel this week in a show of faith-based support for the Jewish state and a rebuke of the Mideast policy of the ruling African National Congress. The parliamentary visit follows the formation of a national unity government in South Africa last June, after the ANC lost its absolute majority for the first time since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.
As part of bilateral labor agreement, Israel furthers ties with Malawi

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Etgar Lefkovits

(April 8, 2025 / JNS)Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel made a lightning 24-hour visit to Malawi on Monday and signed a bilateral agreement to bring in laborers from the southeast African country in the latest Israeli diplomatic outreach to the continent.
Passover tours across Syrian border sold out

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Etgar Lefkovits

(April 6, 2025 / JNS)It’s not your typical Israeli holiday walking tour. Passover tours just across the border in Syria have quickly sold out. Israeli forces took up defensive positions on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon shortly after rebels ousted President Bashar Assad in December and the area became a closed military zone.
Widespread hostility for Jews and Israel found in Egypt’s state media

3 weeks ago | jns.org | Etgar Lefkovits

(April 3, 2025 / JNS)Egyptian state-run media has been overwhelmingly hostile toward Israel over the last year and half of the war against Hamas in Gaza, while a significant portion of its coverage crosses into outright antisemitism, an Israeli think tank said on Wednesday. The findings, which come after a tumultuous period in the region following the Oct.
Widespread hostility for Jews and Israel found in Egypt’s state media

3 weeks ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Etgar Lefkovits

Egyptian state-run media has been overwhelmingly hostile toward Israel over the last year and half of the war against Hamas in Gaza, while a significant portion of its coverage crosses into outright antisemitism, an Israeli think tank said on Wednesday. The findings, which come after a tumultuous period in the region following the Oct.
Hungary expected to announce embassy move to Jerusalem, withdraw from international court

3 weeks ago | jns.org | Etgar Lefkovits

(April 2, 2025 / JNS)Hungary is expected to announce during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official state visit on Thursday that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court in The Hague and that it is moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, JNS has learned. The diplomatic moves would serve to strengthen the alliance between Hungary, Israel and the United States at a time of fractious divisions over foreign policy within the European Union.
Guatemalan ambassador to Israel gets more than she bargained for ... and that’s fine

3 weeks ago | jns.org | Etgar Lefkovits

(April 1, 2025 / JNS)Two years ago, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the president of Guatemala summoned his deputy minister of foreign affairs and told her that he had some good news for her: She was going to Israel. At first, the lawmaker thought she was going to visit in her role as vice foreign minister. No, the president interjected: You are going to be ambassador.
Netanyahu to meet Hungarian premier in Budapest

3 weeks ago | jns.org | Etgar Lefkovits

(March 30, 2025 / JNS)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to travel to Budapest this coming week for a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday. The visit, which comes at Orban’s invitation, follows the Hungarian leader’s rejection of last year’s International Criminal Court decision to seek Netanyahu’s arrest for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Hungary has also long been considering relocating its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.