Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward AIPAC Pushes Back After Bernie Sanders Calls Netanyahu Government ‘Racist’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee pushed back against Bernie Sanders for calling Benjamin Netanyahu’s government “racist.” The pro-Israel lobby, in a tweet that did not mention the Democratic presidential hopeful by name, said it was counterproductive when American leaders used “name-calling” against their Israeli counterparts. “The U.S.-Israel alliance serves America’s interests,”…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner: Mueller Investigation Damaged Country More Than Russian Interference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jared Kushner said that the special counsel investigation into Russian interference was “much more harmful” than the Russian interference itself. “The investigations and all the speculation that has happened over the last few years has had a much harsher impact on democracy than a few Facebook ads,” President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and…
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Fast Forward Kushner Says Two-State Solution ‘Failed’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jared Kushner said “the two-state solution failed,” setting up the likelihood that the peace plan he expects to release soon will include limited autonomy for Palestinians. “New and different ways to reach peace must be tried,” Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and one of the architects of the plan, said Tuesday at a Time…
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Fast Forward Trump Administration Discourages Use Of Phrase ‘Two-State Solution’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House is discouraging the use of the term “two-state solution” when describing possible outcomes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A senior White House official on Monday confirmed to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency a report that appeared over the weekend on Sky News Arabic, a satellite TV station, and picked up by…
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Fast Forward Official U.S. Maps Now Show Golan Heights As Part Of Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Official U.S. maps now include the Golan Heights as part of Israel. Jason Greenblatt, the top White House Middle East peace negotiator, posted a map Tuesday on his Twitter feed. “Welcome to the newest addition of our international maps system after @POTUS issued a proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights,”…
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Fast Forward Reconstructionist Movement Backs Anti-BDS Measure – But 60 Rabbis Disagree
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Over 60 Reconstructionist rabbis and rabbinical students said they were disappointed in the movement for backing a congressional resolution that would condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel. Reconstructing Judaism, an umbrella body for Reconstructionist groups, on April 3 joined another four progressive groups in backing a bipartisan anti-BDS resolution…
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Fast Forward Beto O’Rourke Congratulates Netanyahu On Win After Calling Him A ‘Racist’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Beto O’Rourke congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his reelection as Israel’s prime minister a week after calling the Israeli leader a “racist.” “Let me begin by, this is is my first public opportunity to do this, to publicly congratulate Prime Minister Netanyahu on his victory,” O’Rourke, a Democratic presidential candidate, said in video posted…
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Fast Forward Former AIPAC President Endorses Pete Buttigieg
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The dark horse Democratic presidential campaign of Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, got a pro-Israel boost with the endorsement of Steve Grossman, the former president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Grossman, who in the 1990s was chairman of the Democratic National Committee as well as AIPAC president,…
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