Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward AJC Joins Jewish Chorus Criticizing Israel’s Anti-BDS Ban
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Jewish Committee said it was “troubled” by a new Israeli law banning entry to foreigners who publicly call for boycotting the Jewish state or its settlements. “Every nation, of course, is entitled to regulate who can enter,” AJC CEO David Harris, said Tuesday. “But barring entry to otherwise qualified visitors…
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Fast Forward Liberman Urges Mattis To Keep American Military ‘Active’ In Middle East
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis that the United States needs to remain active in the Middle East to ensure security and stability. Liberman met Tuesday with Mattis at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. According to an Israeli Defense Ministry readout, the meeting was friendly and covered strategic…
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Fast Forward ZOA Backs Trump’s New Immigration Order — JCPA Opposed
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America welcomed President Donald Trump’s immigration order banning refugees and new visas for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries, while the umbrella body for Jewish policy groups joined an array of Jewish groups opposed to it. The order “fulfills the president’s basic duty of protecting the nation by suspending…
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Fast Forward OU Wants To Double Security Funds For Jewish And Muslim Instiutions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Orthodox Union is backing a bipartisan letter circulating in the Senate that calls for doubling security funding for non-profits, citing threats to both Jewish and Muslim institutions. “At a time when children being evacuated from daycare centers in response to repeated bomb threats and mosques are deliberately being set on fire,…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Grills David Friedman On Settlements And Aid To Palestinians
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Bernie Sanders asked David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel, whether he would back using funds earmarked for assistance to Israel to help rebuild the Gaza Strip. Sanders in a letter he handed Friedman after they met Wednesday also asked whether he thinks the tax-exempt status of…
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Fast Forward Congress Urges Trump To Set Up Plan To Fight Anti-Semitic Wave
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan House task force on anti-Semitism is urging President Donald Trump to set up an interagency mechanism to tackle the issue in the wake of waves of bomb threats against Jewish institutions and several cemetery vandalism attacks. “Similar to the interagency task force you proposed for dismantling criminal cartels, this instrument,…
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Fast Forward 4 Jewish Takeaways From Trump’s Big Speech To Congress
WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint meeting of Congress is getting rave reviews for the subdued, “presidential” style in which he delivered it, and positive feedback from the Jewish community for opening remarks denouncing anti-Semitic acts as examples of “hate and evil.” But there ensues the inevitable Trumpian conundrum: What did he actually…
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Fast Forward Trump Condemns Anti-Semitic Wave In Speech To Congress
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump noted recent bomb threats on Jewish institutions and vandalism of cemeteries in his first address to a joint meeting of Congress. “Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month, we are reminded of our nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still…
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