Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Trump campaign calls Bloomberg an ‘elitist globalist’
(JTA) — The Trump campaign called former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg an “elitist globalist” after he pledged $100 million to help Joe Biden defeat President Donald Trump in the key state of Florida. “Accepting Mini Mike’s money means Biden and Harris will be indebted to an elitist, globalist billionaire who said Biden lacked ‘management…
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Fast Forward Biden Leads Trump 67-30 among Jewish voters
(JTA) — A survey of Jewish voters shows 67 percent plan to vote for Joe Biden in November and 30 percent plan to vote for Donald Trump. The numbers in the survey released Monday by the Jewish Electorate Institute broke the same way when voters were asked about President Trump’s performance: 67 percent said they…
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Fast Forward Bahrain will normalize ties with Israel, Trump announces
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bahrain will be joining the United Arab Emirates in normalizing ties with Israel at a White House ceremony next week, President Donald Trump said on Twitter Friday. “Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain agree to a Peace Deal – the second Arab country to…
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News At the Republican Convention, some unconventional messaging for American Jews
WASHINGTON (JTA) — This week’s Republican convention was the first political confab to feature Jerusalem as a backdrop. It may be the last. A congressional subcommittee and two citizens have taken steps to launch investigations into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo broke the law by using government resources for a political campaign. Pompeo said…
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Fast Forward Kamala Harris tells Jewish supporters Israel aid will not be conditional
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Kamala Harris, the California senator who is the Democratic vice presidential nominee, told Jewish supporters that Joe Biden, the presidential nominee, would not condition aid to Israel. “Joe has made it clear he will not tie security assistance to any political decisions that Israel makes and I couldn’t agree more,” Harris said…
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Fast Forward Israel, the Trumps, the extremism question: What we’re watching at the RNC
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Republican convention starting this week will have plenty of what appears to be Jewish-specific messaging, but the messaging’s more pertinent target may be evangelical Christians. President Donald Trump made that clear on Friday in a speech on the eve of the convention to a conservative group. Speaking to the Council for…
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News Biden closes convention the way he launched his campaign: Repudiating anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden closed the Democratic National Convention the way he launched his campaign in April of last year: By invoking what he depicted as President Donald Trump’s callousness to racism and anti-Semitism. Biden, speaking late Thursday night to the convention made virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic, recalled the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi…
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News Jewish gun control activists take center stage at Democratic Convention
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Gabby Giffords, the Jewish congresswoman was shot by an assailant in the head in 2011 and who became a leader in the gun control movement, opened the third night of the Democratic convention with an appeal to elect Joe Biden president. “We can let the shooting continue or we can act,” Giffords…
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