Ron Kampeas (JTA)
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
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Fast Forward Hagee Ministries Drops Support for Right-Wing Israeli Group
John Hagee Ministries will discontinue funding for an Israeli right-wing group that has depicted the New Israel Fund and its affiliates as anti-Israel. The decision to end funding for Im Tirtzu was revealed in an email by Lee Wunsch, the president of the Houston Jewish Federation, and obtained over the weekend by Richard Silverstein, a…
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Fast Forward U.S. Invites Israel, Palestinians To Relaunch Talks
The United States has invited Israel and the Palestinians to relaunch direct talks, but the parameters remain vague. “On behalf of the United States government I’ve invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to meet on Sept. 2 to resolve all final status issues which we believe can be completed…
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Fast Forward State Department: Direct Talks Between Israelis, Palestinians Are ‘Very Close’
Direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians are “very, very close,” a U.S. State Department spokesman said, and Hillary Rodham Clinton is in constant telephone contact with the leaders. “We think we’re very, very close, but there’s still work being done and there are details being worked out – should the parties come to an…
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Fast Forward U.N. Report on Gaza War Does Not Look at Hamas’ Role
The U.N. Secretary General’s interim report on investigations into the 2009 Gaza War does not include a direct investigation of Hamas’ role. Ban Ki-moon attached an interim Israeli account of its investigations, and a lengthy report by the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority in his submission this week to the U.N. General Assembly, but there was…
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Fast Forward In Mosque Dispute, Pelosi Calls for Transparency From Both Sides
Nancy Pelosi agreed with an ADL call for transparency in the funding of the mosque and interfaith center near Ground Zero, but said its opponents should also make their funding transparent. The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives weighed in Wednesday on the controversy, and echoed statements from President Obama that freedom of religion…
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Fast Forward In Congressional Races, Some Jewish Incumbents Are at Risk
The Senate could go either way. Hopes are dimmer in the House. And Eric Cantor may at last have company. At least that’s the conventional wisdom on how Jewish lawmakers will do in November. If Jewish candidates sweep all the Senate races in this midterm election year, the Jewish total in the upper chamber would…
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Fast Forward Daniel Schorr, Veteran Journalist, Is Dead at 93
Daniel Schorr, the veteran journalist who took on giants and started his career with JTA, has died. Schorr, 93, died Friday in Washington, according to a statement from NPR, where he still worked as a commentator. Schorr started working as a journalist at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency from 1934 to 1941. He first worked for…
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Fast Forward Obama Administration Guarantees Defense Assistance to Israel
An Obama administration official committed to sustaining a 10-year defense assistance program to Israel, saying that advanced tehnology is endangering Israel. Andrew Shapiro, the assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, said in a rare speech on Friday that the Obama administration has since its outset been committed to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge over…
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