Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward White House says it will not meet with Israel’s Bezalel Smotrich when he visits the US
'No U.S. government meetings are planned for this trip,' a national security spokesman said. That includes officials at the U.S. Treasury, the counterpart to Smotrich’s Finance Ministry.
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Fast Forward ADL, AJC join Orthodox groups in Supreme Court case on supporting religious protections in the workplace
The right of religious expression in the workplace has long been a unifying cause across the Jewish spectrum
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Fast Forward After police clash with Tel Aviv protesters who blocked highway, Netanyahu likens demonstrations to settlers who rioted
Netanyahu warned that the protests would face retaliation, although he did not say what shape that backlash might take. The speech occurred as protesters surrounded Netanyahu’s wife in a Tel Aviv hair salon
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News Hard-liner Bezalel Smotrich was just put in charge of Israel’s settlements. Here’s what that means.
The new Israeli Finance Minister and his ideological foes are portraying his new job as the harbinger of a sea change in the West Bank
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Fast Forward Trump’s ambassador to Israel criticizes its government’s plans for judicial reform
'You compare this to the U.S., but it doesn’t work like that in our system,' Friedman told a key architect of the Netanyahu government’s planned judicial reforms
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Fast Forward Avi Maoz, Israeli politician and ‘proud homophobe,’ resigns from deputy minister role
Avi Maoz said Netanyahu broke a promise to transfer some Education Ministry responsibilities to him
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Fast Forward Israeli killed in latest West Bank shooting amid escalating violence
The attack came one day after a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis traveling through the northern West Bank Palestinian town of Huwara. Settlers later rioted in Huwara, burning houses and cars. At least one Palestinian was killed amid the riots
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Fast Forward 3 dead after bloody day in West Bank, as settlers riot following Palestinian shooting attack
The attacks took place as Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Jordan to stem a recent escalation in violence, though what they agreed to later came under debate
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