Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Progressive Democrats seek to stall Israel’s entry into a coveted visa waiver program
Signatories says Muslim and Palestinian Americans, including Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, have been 'profiled' and blocked from entering Israel
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh trial: Defense claims shooter had brain abnormalities
The Pittsburgh Jewish federation’s resident rabbinic scholar explained that there are differences of opinion as to when and how Jewish law would justify a death penalty
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh gunman’s lawyer in opening death penalty phase outlines mental health defense
The defense wants jurors to know about the events and disabilities they say shaped the defendant’s life before he killed 11 Jews at prayer on Oct. 27, 2018
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Politics Survey: Jewish voters strongly favor Biden over Trump in possible 2024 rematch
Jewish voters continue to be preoccupied with the same issues that animated them last year, including the future of democracy, the economy, abortion, climate change and guns
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Fast Forward Israeli forces decry ‘terrorism’ by settlers and vow to fight it with ‘all the means that are at our disposal’
The statement constitutes one of the Israeli military’s strongest condemnations of violence against Palestinian civilians
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Fast Forward 65 senators urge Israel’s entry into the Visa Waiver Program by end of September
A Senate letter urges haste while alluding to the last remaining roadblock — Israel’s profiling of Arab Americans seeking entry into the country
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Fast Forward Palestinian gunmen kill 4 Israelis in West Bank gas station
An Israeli civilian returning fire killed one of the terrorists, who emerged from a vehicle, and the other fled
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Fast Forward Jury finds Pittsburgh synagogue shooter guilty on all counts
The sentencing phase of the trial will begin next week
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