Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Anti-BDS BIll Would Make It Crime To Boycott West Bank Settlements
WASHINGTON — Criminal penalties for boycotting Israel would be extended to companies complying with the BDS movement, including the boycott of West Bank settlements, under a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reps. Pete Roskam, R-Ill., and Juan Vargas, D-Calif., introduced the bill Monday. The measure is a companion to one introduced…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Warns President Obama To Avoid Lame Duck Mideast Peace Push
Netanyahu asks Obama not to make any Israeli-Palestinian moves in final weeks of term WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said he hoped President Barack Obama would not back any new U.N. initiatives on Palestinian-Israeli peace in the final weeks of his term. “I very much hope President Obama will continue the policy…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner May Skirt Nepotism Rules by Advising Donald Trump for Free
WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, a son-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump and a key campaign adviser, is considering counseling Trump without a salary to work around federal anti-nepotism laws, according to reports. The Associated Press and other media reported Monday that Kushner, 35, is exploring the legality of staying on as an unpaid adviser when Trump…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Looking Forward to Donald Trump Naming Supreme No. 9
WASHINGTON — Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she was looking forward to Donald Trump’s naming of a ninth Supreme Court justice. The associate Supreme Court justice, speaking Monday at the annual Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, was asked what the immediate impact of a Trump presidency would be. “The most immediate, a vacancy will…
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Fast Forward Muslim Lawmaker Keith Ellison Gets Backing From Top Jews To Lead Democrats
WASHINGTON — Two top Jewish figures associated with the Democratic Party, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer, are backing the candidacy of a Muslim, Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, for the party chair. Schumer, of New York, in line to be the next party leader in the Senate, is backing Ellison’s candidacy, according to anonymously…
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Fast Forward Did J Street Win Congressional Election Battle Over Iran Deal?
(JTA) – J Street and the Republican Jewish Coalition claimed they beat the other when it came to supporting like-minded candidates. The arena was Congress and the weapon of choice was Iran: RJC campaigned against candidates associated with the nuclear deal, J Street against those who opposed it. J Street asserted that the results vindicated…
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Fast Forward 70% of Jews Backed Hillary Clinton: J Street Poll
WASHINGTON ( — Seventy percent of Jewish voters favored Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, with 25 percent opting for Donald Trump, according to a poll. The national survey, which was commissioned by J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, again showed a community that trends more Democratic than the general population. Clinton…
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Fast Forward 23 Jews Elected to House of Representatives — Up From 19
WASHINGTON — The Jewish contingent to the U.S. House of Representatives grew from 19 to 23 in Tuesday’s elections, doubling its Republican representation from one to two. Five Jews overall were newly elected to the House, while one Jewish congressman in Florida is retiring. The Senate Jewish contingent dropped from nine to eight. Three Democrats…
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