Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Iran Tension Tests Bond Between Biden and Wasserman Schultz
(JTA) — At the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., arrived for a breakfast meeting with Jewish reporters in an upbeat mood. Wasserman Schultz had backed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries, and Barack Obama was now the nominee, but she had reason for a sunny outlook: Joe Biden was…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton E-Mails Reveal Bibi Mind Games
(JTA) — As Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton spent plenty of time in daunting foreign territory. I’m speaking of the mind of Benjamin Netanyahu. A batch of emails released this week as part of the trove related to the controversy over Clinton’s use of a personal email address while serving as secretary of state…
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Opinion 5 Ways for Barack and Bibi To Get Along Better
(JTA) — Now that enactment of the Iran nuclear deal appears to be a sure thing, the profound and often personal disagreement between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Iran is not about to go away. In the contemplative spirit of the Days of Awe, we canvassed the experts to recommend…
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Fast Forward What Will Israel Get in Post-Iran Deal Windfall?
The moment the Iran nuclear deal becomes law, as seems increasingly likely given growing congressional support for the agreement, the focus of the U.S.-Israel conversation will shift to the question of what’s next. What more will Washington do to mitigate the Iranian threat and reassure Israel and other regional allies? For starters, President Barack Obama…
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Fast Forward Is Iran Deal Debate Descending Into Name-Calling?
(JTA) — The dredging up of the dual loyalty charge — that lawmakers who reject the Iran nuclear agreement and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which is lobbying against it, are more closely aligned with Israel than the United States — illustrates just how tense the debate over the deal has become. The charge…
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Fast Forward Obama and Jewish Leaders Exchange Concerns About Iran Deal Debate
(JTA) — President Barack Obama and pro-Israel leaders exchanged concerns about how each side distorts the other’s arguments in the debate over the Iran nuclear deal, and how the distortions are creating divisions in the Jewish community. The meeting Tuesday evening at the White House between Obama and an array of Jewish leaders lasted more…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Cancels Staff Vacations in Push To Kill Iran Deal
(JTA) — Cancel your summer vacations. That was the order AIPAC’s executive director, Howard Kohr, gave his employees in a staff meeting convened this week at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee after the United States announced the Iran nuclear deal. With the influential pro-Israel lobby group pushing for Congress to reject the deal negotiated by…
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Fast Forward J Street Battles AIPAC Over Iran Deal
(JTA) — AIPAC called on Congress to reject the Iran nuclear deal, saying it does not meet critical markers that the influential pro-Israel lobby outlined in recent weeks. But the liberal Jewish Middle East lobby J Street announced a multimillion-dollar campaign to support the agreement. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee made its case against…
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