Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Calling Israel’s response in Gaza ‘over the top,’ Biden conditions defense aid on allowing humanitarian assistance
'I’ve been pushing really hard, really hard to get humanitarian assistance into Gaza,' Biden said in a press conference
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Fast Forward Israeli human rights groups call for an immediate ceasefire, release of hostages
While Israelis overall support the war, a growing group wants to trade the remaining hostages amid a ceasefire, among them families of the hostages who have staged protests throughout Israel
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Fast Forward Israel aid debate revealed differences among Jewish groups over immigration
Some Jewish organizations said that an aid package for Israel was not worth the blow it dealt to the asylum system
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Fast Forward House votes down standalone bill giving funds to Israel, imperiling future of aid package
Opposing were right-wing Republicans who cited fiscal responsibility and President Biden, who called the bill a political ploy
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Fast Forward Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, opposed by coalition of Jewish groups, narrowly fails
A number of Jewish groups and the White House said the impeachment process was marred by antisemitism
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Fast Forward House and Senate are rushing competing Israel aid packages to the floor
Differences over border policy and Ukraine aid could delay billions of dollars in assistance for Israel
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Fast Forward Protesters blocking delivery of Gaza aid plan march to Jerusalem
Among the organizers of the protests is the Tikvah Forum, a group composed of families of Israeli hostages who favor a more hardline response to Hamas
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News ‘An incredibly volatile time’: From Iran to Yemen, how the Israel-Hamas war is sparking violence across the Middle East
The rivalries, intimacies and enmities among the different peoples and religious communities in the Middle East have been churning for millennia. Now, as in other times of crisis, they are threatening to erupt into a broader war that could ensnare the United States
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Music In 1964, when he was just 23, Bob Dylan wrote the prophetic anthem that encapsulates Trump’s America
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Fast Forward What does the election of Mark Carney mean for Canadian Jews and Israel?
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News State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews
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Opinion Trump’s treasury secretary is about to make a catastrophically bad move on Israel
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Culture Debating a Jew, Trump supporters endorse America’s ‘European and Christian’ identity
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News Meet the Jewish judge who ruled Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil should not be deported by ICE
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Fast Forward The judge who blocked Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation is an observant Jew
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Fast Forward A growing number of Jewish groups are condemning Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
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