Ron Kampeas is the former Washington bureau chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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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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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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