Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward ‘We must speak to the Zionist lobby’: Mahmoud Abbas urges Palestinian Americans to engage with AIPAC
The call is significant at a time that some on the left and among pro-Palestinian groups have called for disengagement with the pro-Israel lobby
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Fast Forward Biden administration wants ‘thorough’ inquiry into death of 7-year-old Palestinian boy
Rian Suleiman died after Israeli soldiers visited his West Bank home to investigate a stone-throwing incident
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Fast Forward David Cicilline, Jewish progressive, is new chair of House Middle East subcommittee
Cicilline bested Brad Schneider, who was favored by some pro-Israel insiders because of his close ties to Jewish groups
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Fast Forward A White House summit tackles right-wing extremism with talk of security, hugs — and Christian forgiveness
The day was infused with a Christian sensibility, including a major theme about forgiving one’s attackers, and more than one speaker likened the event to 'church'
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jewish groups are joining an evangelical Christian mailman’s Supreme Court case
An evangelical Christian mailman wants Sundays off. An array of Orthodox groups say he has a case
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Fast Forward Israel kills 4, wounds at least 44 in military raid in Jenin, prompting Fatah call for ‘day of rage’
Fatah, the ruling party in the Palestinian Authority, called for a “day of rage” in the wake of the raid
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Fast Forward A Capitol Hill hearing on antisemitism and big tech turned acrimonious — and ended with warnings about legislation
An international group of lawmakers questioned representatives from TikTok, Twitter and Meta, and didn’t get the answers that they wanted on regulating antisemitic content
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Fast Forward Yair Lapid recommits Israel to the two-state solution in UN speech
“Peace is not a compromise. It is the most courageous decision we can make,” said Lapid, who does not have many options in furthering that goal before elections on Nov. 1
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