Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Israel advances plan to build 700 units in Jerusalem neighborhood that opponents say encroaches on Palestinian village
High-rise apartment buildings would come right up to the edge of Beit Safafa, a village that straddles Israel’s contested pre- and post-1967 lines
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Fast Forward Military Religious Freedom Foundation and its Jewish leader face murder-for-hire threats
A solicitation offers $5,000 for a murder for hire — $6,000 if the victim is Jewish
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Fast Forward Australian university student magazine calls for ‘death to Israel’
The university would not directly condemn the article, noting that the newspaper had editorial independence
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Fast Forward Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader whose reforms included letting Jews leave for Israel, dies at 91
Gorbachev was a hero in Israel, where a potato was named for him and where he said he regretted the antisemitism that led to an exodus of Soviet Jews
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Fast Forward Jan. 6 Proud Boy rioter who approached Chuck Schumer and who made antisemitic jokes in chat sentenced to 4.5 years
Security officials said Joshua Pruitt was rushing toward Chuck Schumer.
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Fast Forward In Florida, Democrat Nikki Fried loses bid to take on Gov. Ron DeSantis in November
Charlie Crist, a two-term Republican governor who switched parties, will face DeSantis, who has drawn criticism for his associations with the far right of his party
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Fast Forward Barre Seid, secretive donor to pro-Israel causes, is behind $1.6 billion donation to conservative nonprofit
The New York Times reported that the donation is “among the largest — if not the largest — single contributions ever made to a politically focused nonprofit.”
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Fast Forward Ben & Jerry’s loses bid to block its ice cream from being sold in the West Bank
The ice cream maker’s claim that the sale would harm its brand was “speculative,” a judge ruled
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