Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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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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Fast Forward Biden administration: Israel has yet to justify shuttering of Palestinian human rights groups
The United States voiced its 'concern' about Israel's raids on the offices of human rights NGOs in Ramallah
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Fast Forward Republican Jews, including Trump’s Israel ambassador, back Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania
“I have to tell you, I was intrigued by the idea of a pro-Israel Muslim,” David Friedman said at a Philadelphia Republican Jewish Coalition event
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Fast Forward AIPAC broke spending records this campaign cycle — so why did it stay out of Ilhan Omar’s tight race?
In a year in which AIPAC has lavished tens of millions of dollars on congressional races, a near-defeat in Minnesota upends a number of assumptions about the role of Israel in politics
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Fast Forward AIPAC’s huge investment in primary campaigns is paying off — but at what price down the road?
The outsized spending has the potential to roil a number of longstanding orthodoxies, not just about pro-Israel politics, but elections in general
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Fast Forward Blinken meets with Shireen Abu Akleh’s family, pledges to ‘pursue accountability’ in her killing
The family said it was still waiting to see what actions the United States would take
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Fast Forward In Jerusalem, a Torah lesson from Biden shows his grasp of Judaism’s quirky calendar
“Someone knew to do their research,” commented a onetime adviser to Israeli prime ministers
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