Ron Kampeas (JTA)
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
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Fast Forward For the First Time, Supreme Court Opens With Three Jewish Justices
For the first time in history, a U.S. Supreme Court convened this week with three Jewish justices. And Jewish defense organizations had their eyes on … Arizona. Two of the three cases on the docket this session attracting special attention from Jewish groups come from the Grand Canyon State. One addresses tax credits for religious…
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Fast Forward Obama Promises Netanyahu Guarantees for Freeze Extension
The Obama administration reportedly is promising Israel broad security and diplomatic guarantees in exchange for extending a settlement moratorium by 60 days. According to an article posted Wednesday evening by David Makovsky, a senior analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a letter from President Obama to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges…
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Fast Forward Obama Taps Bush Associates as Holocaust Museum Heads
President Obama named two men closely associated with his predecessor, George W. Bush, as chairman and vice chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Tom Bernstein, who co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team with Bush in the early 1990s, will be chairman. Josh Bolten, Bush’s former chief of staff, will be vice chairman. Both already…
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Fast Forward J Street Says George Soros Is a Major Donor
J Street acknowledged substantial donations from George Soros, reversing years of claims by the group that it had nothing to do with the liberal financier. Jeremy Ben-Ami, the director of the dovish pro-Israel lobby, confirmed to JTA a report that first appeared in the Washington Times that it had received $245,000 from Soros and his…
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Fast Forward Obama: I Won’t Stand for Delegitimization of Israel
President Obama said he would not countenance Israel’s delegitimization and called on the world community to back Israeli-Palestinian peace with deeds and not just words. “Many in this hall count themselves as friends of the Palestinians. But these pledges must now be supported by deeds,” President Obama said Thursday, addressing the opening of the United…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu and Abbas Each Give a Little on Day One of Talks
Tell us what you want. Now listen to what your partner wants. Now tell us what your partner wants. In slow, almost excruciating increments, talks between Israelis and Palestinians are taking on the dimensions of a counseling session moderated by the United States. Heading into a White House dinner Wednesday evening with President Obama and…
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Fast Forward At Peace Talks, Arab Leaders Call for Settlement Freeze and Final Status
At the launch of renewed peace talks, Arab leaders called on Israel to sustain a settlement freeze and to negotiate final status issues. “We call on the Israelis to carry out their obligations, including a freeze on settlements activities, which is not setting a precondition but a call to implement an agreed obligation,” Palestinian Authority…
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Fast Forward From American Jewish Groups, Cautious Optimism on Forthcoming Talks
Two weeks before their launch, the promised renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has already engendered a first: a joint statement of welcome by mainstream U.S. Jewish and Palestinian groups. “We congratulate the Obama administration on succeeding in getting direct negotiations back on track,” said a statement issued jointly on Friday by the Jewish Council for…
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