Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward New Zealand Killer Says His Model Was Nazi-Allied British Fascist Oswald Mosley
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Australian charged with participating in the killing 49 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques said his main inspiration was Oswald Mosley, the British fascist anti-Semite who was close to the Nazis. Brenton Tarrant, 28, posted a 73-page manifesto on social media before the attacks Friday in Christchurch. His overriding motive in…
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Fast Forward Two Rockets Fired At Tel Aviv From Gaza
(JTA) — Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip reached the Tel Aviv area Thursday night. Sirens alerted residents that rockets were coming into the area just after 9 p.m. local time. Kan, the public broadcaster, quoted the Israeli army as saying that the rockets came from the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by Hamas….
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Fast Forward State Department No Longer Calling West Bank, Golan ‘Occupied’ By Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration ended the policy of referring to the West Bank and the Golan Heights as “occupied” by Israel. The State Department’s annual report on global human rights issues, issued Wednesday, drops the “occupied” language from passages on the West Bank, Golan Heights and Gaza. It refers to the Golan Heights…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism Uproar Over Ilhan Omar’s Remarks Puts Democrats In Disarray
Democrats reportedly are working on a new resolution condemning anti-Semitism after members of the party’s black and progressive House caucuses complained that it appeared to single out Rep. Ilhan Omar. Multiple reports said there were emotional exchanges Wednesday at a closed caucus meeting, with Jewish members who advanced the resolution, including Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., saying…
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Fast Forward Why Did Republicans Vote Against Their Own Bill On Anti-Semitism?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — They voted for it before they voted against it. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives were in the odd position Wednesday of voting against a bill that included an initiative to combat anti-Semitism, a measure they initially insisted was in the national security interests of the United States. The bill itself…
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats Criticize Ilhan Omar For Saying AIPAC Buys Pro-Israel Support
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish House Democrats repudiated party colleague Ilhan Omar of Minnesota after she said AIPAC buys the pro-Israel support of lawmakers. A letter being circulated Monday in the U.S. House of Representatives among Jewish Democrats urged the party leadership there to have the caucus call on every Democrat to speak out against anti-Semitism….
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Fast Forward Omar Accused Of Anti-Semitism Over Claim AIPAC Pays Congress To Be Pro-Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Days after a series of apologies for an old tweet seen as echoing anti-Semitic themes, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said AIPAC paid politicians to be pro-Israel, a falsehood that drew immediate rebukes. Omar on Sunday responded on Twitter to a threat two days earlier by Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to take action…
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Fast Forward Trump Names Anti-Semitism Monitor After Two Years Of Leaving The Post Empty
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump is set to name a Los Angeles prosecutor to be the State Department’s envoy for anti-Semitism, filling a post that sat empty for two years despite protests from lawmakers and Jewish groups. Elan Carr, 50, is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq and was national president of the…
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