Ron Kampeas (JTA)
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
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Fast Forward On Iran Timetable, U.S. Jewish and Israeli Left Are Divided
Israel’s highest-ranking female soldier, Brig. Gen. Yisraela Oron, was sounding all the right notes for her J Street hosts. At the tail end of a U.S. tour for the left-wing pro-Israel lobby, Oron was lending her considerable security credentials to its platform: a two-state solution, territorial concessions by Israel and a robust U.S. peacemaking role….
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Fast Forward Israel and NGOs Clash Over Gaza War Assessments
The fighting in Gaza ended months ago, but the fight over the war rages on between Israel and NGOs. NGOs have been issuing reports accusing Israeli of war crimes. In response, the Israeli army recently released a 163-page, 460-point account seeking to rebut such claims and discredit those making them. At issue is the three-week…
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Fast Forward Robert Novak, Columnist and Israel Critic, Dies at 78
Robert Novak, the Jewish-born influential conservative columnist who often criticized Israel, has died. Novak died Tuesday in Washington after a long struggle with brain cancer. He was 78. Writing a syndicated column with the late Rowland Evans, Novak worked sources deep inside government and more than once broke news that helped shift the outcome of…
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Fast Forward Oren Is Busy Explaining Israel to U.S. — and Vice Versa
Tweeted, a diplomat’s job would look something like this: Explain home abroad, explain abroad home. In recent weeks, it’s seemed as if the job description for Israeli envoys would encroach on the 140-character limit: Explain home abroad, explain abroad home, explain Jews abroad home, explain home to Jews abroad, explain, explain, explain. Michael Oren, the…
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Fast Forward After Hiatus, Israel and U.S. Groups Push for More Agressive Iran Policy
The aftermath of Iran’s election presents the United States, Israel and pro-Israel advocates here with a dilemma worthy of a medical melodrama: Advocates for radical surgery, notwithstanding the dangers it poses, have the upper hand and the scalpel is ready — and then the patient shows signs of healing naturally. Israel, the Obama administration and…
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Fast Forward Obama: There’s Not a ‘Moment to Lose’ in Pursuing Peace
Israel and the Palestinians don’t have “a moment to lose” in pursuing peace, President Barack Obama said, while recognizing political obstacles on both sides. Obama spoke Thursday after meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, just over a week after he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “In my conversations with Prime Minister Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Bibi and Barak: The Future of Their Relationship
With a presidential pledge to hang tough on Iran under his belt, Benjamin Netanyahu could be forgiven for thinking Barack Obama was an easy first date. Wait until he hears about what happens when the relationship gets serious. The Israeli prime minister walked away from his first leader’s summit with the U.S. president with a…
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Fast Forward U.S., Israeli Administrations Hear Each Other Out at Aipac Conference
“This relationship matters to me,” one partner says. “Show me,” says the other. Such conversations, as any couple can attest, usually don’t augur the happiest of chats. If this year’s AIPAC policy conference stopped well short of a full-blown spat between the pro-Israel lobby and the Obama administration, it was because each side was listening…
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