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 Planning Full US Withdrawal From Syria
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump is planning a full and accelerated pullout of the 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, media said, a move that could leave a vacuum that Iran will be eager to fill. The move reported Wednesday by CNN and the New York Times, quoting administration sources, will be seen in the region…
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Fast Forward Trump Posthumously Honors Anwar Sadat With Congressional Gold Medal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump signed legislation that will honor Anwar Sadat posthumously with the Congressional Gold Medal for leading Egypt to peace with Israel. The medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress, would be conferred next year, the 40th anniversary of the Camp David accords. This year is the centenary of the…
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Fast Forward RBG Swears In New Immigrants With Story Of Family’s Own Immigration
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The ceremony was cozy formal: Yes there was a color guard and a military band, but the Supreme Court justice brought along her personal trainer, and one of the speakers introduced Ruth Bader Ginsburg as “The Notorious RBG.” The Department of Homeland Security randomly selected 31 Washington, D.C.-area residents to be sworn…
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Fast Forward ‘I Want Jexit!’ Written On American Federations Of Teachers Building
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Federation of Teachers said vandals defaced its headquarters in Washington D.C. with anti-Semitic graffiti. A number of areas around the building, including a wall, were yellow spray-painted on Tuesday and Wednesday with “I want Jexit!” an apparent anti-Semitic play on “Brexit,” Britain’s planned pullout from the European Union. Randi Weingarten,…
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Fast Forward George H.W. Bush, The ‘Lonely Guy’ President Who Saved Thousands Of Jews
WASHINGTON (JTA) – George H. W. Bush, the one-term president whose public grappling with Jewish leaders made headlines even while his private interventions helped bring tens of thousands of Jews out of danger, has died. Bush, 94, died at his home in Houston, his family said. Bush’s failed 1992 reelection bid marked a low point in…
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Fast Forward Ayanna Pressley Is Much More Pro-Israel Than Other New Faces In Congress
(JTA) — Ayanna Pressley is the first black woman that Massachusetts elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In the media coverage of this wild and woolly election, her bio gets her lumped in with other women of color, all Democrats, who made history this cycle: Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota,…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Voices Join Smear Campaign Against Jamal Khashoggi
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two weeks after he disappeared, Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi Washington Post columnist, is getting his reputation run through a wringer, and some pro-Israel voices are joining the pile-on. Even as gruesome allegations emerge that he was tortured, murdered and dismembered after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, some Israel supporters have joined other…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Emphasizes Support For Two States In Possible Break From Trump Peace Plan
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee reemphasized its support for a two-state solution as the Trump administration nears completion of a peace proposal that might stop short of recommending the establishment of a Palestinian state. “AIPAC remains fully supportive of direct negotiations leading to a two-state solution — a Jewish state of…
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