Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Bibi to Kerry: Declare Israel Doesn’t Commit Extrajudicial Killings
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly asked John Kerry to publicly state that Israel does not carry out extrajudicial killings, after a group of U.S. lawmakers asked the secretary of state to investigate such claims. Meanwhile, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the lead lawmaker making the request, Netanyahu for his initial response to the…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump: A Nuclear Saudi Arabia May Be Inevitable
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said nuclear proliferation, including in Saudi Arabia, may be inevitable. Speaking Tuesday on CNN, Trump said he opposed nuclear weapons proliferation, but it may be inevitable, in part because of the nuclear deal reached last year between Iran and six major powers led by the United States….
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Fast Forward Obama’s Jewish Liaison Matt Nosanchuk Steps Down
WASHINGTON – You get to listen to Jews yelling at you. You get to listen to mandarins tell you why they won’t listen to Jews. You get to emcee a cappella competitions. Who wouldn’t want to be White House Jewish liaison? Matt Nosanchuk lasted nearly three years in a post — officially titled associate director…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leaders of Left and Right Face Off in Las Vegas Debate
(JTA) — A common debate tactic is to try to get your opponent to express his most extreme views — revealing what I call the “crazy aunt in the attic.” This tactic isn’t as useful in the presidential primaries, which are more focused on being “holier than the pope” when it comes to party orthodoxy….
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Fast Forward Does Michigan Stunner Mean Bernie Sanders Has Real Shot at Democratic Nod?
(JTA) — Can Bernie Sanders actually win it? With his surprising victory in the Michigan primary by 2 percentage points on Tuesday — after trailing Hillary Clinton by double digits in the polls — the possibility has inched a little closer to reality. To be sure, Sanders still trails Clinton by a healthy margin in the…
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Fast Forward After Donald Trump Win, Can GOP Jews Unite Behind Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz?
(JTA) — Donald Trump won big on Super Tuesday, but fell short of the clean sweep some predicted. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, won three states and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., won one, Minnesota, and performed better than expected in another, Virginia, where he came in second to Trump. Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Ben Carson,…
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Fast Forward Does Bernie Sanders Still Have Path to Victory?
(JTA) — Hillary Rodham Clinton won decisively on Super Tuesday, but failed to sweep all the states at stake on the biggest day of the presidential primaries. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., won four state Democratic contests, giving him a total of five after he took New Hampshire last month. Is this the beginning of the end…
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Fast Forward How Iran Deal Battle Forged Unlikely Bond Between Israel Envoy and Black Lawmakers
(JTA) — Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, marked Black History Month by highlighting an unexpected byproduct of the Iran nuclear deal: his closer ties with the Congressional Black Caucus. Last year, Democrats were of course generally consternated that Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu were arguing over the deal — with the president…
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