Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Israel to allow 25,000 non-Jewish Ukrainian immigrants to stay
(JTA) — In response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, Israel is ready to take in 5,000 new non-Jewish Ukrainian refugees and to allow 20,000 non-Jewish Ukrainians who are already in the country, many illegally, to remain. Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked made the announcement Tuesday. Israel’s Law of Return normally offers citizenship only to people…
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Fast Forward Congress’ spending bill includes $1 billion for Iron Dome, $250m to protect houses of worship and $6m for Holocaust survivors
WASHINGTON (JTA) — After months of maneuvering over $1 billion to replace Iron Dome batteries Israel lost in last year’s Gaza conflict, the money is to be included in a bipartisan spending bill Congress will consider this week as it looks to avoid a government shutdown. Also included in the $1.5 trillion Omnibus Appropriations Agreement…
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Fast Forward Arizona Republican shares ‘Shtisel’ image to rebuke colleague’s antisemitic comments
(JTA) — An Arizona state senator wanted to make it clear that she reviled the antisemitism of one of her colleagues, so she shared an image of the cast of the Israeli family drama, “Shtisel.” Kelly Townsend, a Republican, no longer wants the endorsement of her colleague, Wendy Rogers, after Rogers drew national attention for…
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Fast Forward Roger Stone said Jared Kushner needed ‘a beating’ and a death threat, and that he was not joking
WASHINGTON (JTA) — On President Donald Trump’s last day in office, Roger Stone was furious that his old friend declined to pardon a bevy of Stone’s associates and fellow travelers. The longtime political trickster blamed Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and he had a plan. “In two weeks he’s moving to Miami,” Stone told Enrique Alejandro, his…
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Fast Forward AIPAC’s PAC endorses dozens of Republicans who refused to certify Joe Biden as president
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s newly formed political action committee released its first list of 120 congressional endorses, and more than a quarter of them are Republicans who voted against certifying Joe Biden as president. AIPAC defended the inclusion of the 37 Republicans who would not certify Biden, noting its status…
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy: ‘I don’t feel the Israeli prime minister has wrapped himself in the Ukrainian flag’
(JTA) — Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Jewish Ukrainian president under siege, said he was moved by pictures of Israelis standing in solidarity with his country during the Russian invasion — but not so much the Israeli leadership. “I saw a beautiful picture today,” he said in remarks translated into Hebrew by YNet, the Israeli news outlet…
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Fast Forward Kentucky Republican’s anti-abortion speech links Jewish scientists to Nazi killing methods
(JTA) — Jewish women mate for life. Jewish scientists invented the gas that Hitler used to kill them — and the abortion pill, and that might make them the same thing. Which is why Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize. Or something. Kentucky state Rep. Danny Bentley, a Republican, floated all these canards in…
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Fast Forward Why Israel is having trouble picking sides in Russia’s war on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Naftali Bennett, Israel’s prime minister, and Yair Lapid, Israel’s foreign minister, have run a fairly cohesive foreign policy, despite occupying different points on the Zionist spectrum. The day Russia invaded Ukraine was a stark exception. Lapid, ensconcing Israel In the West, forthrightly condemned Russia. Bennett, wary of inserting Israel into a no-win…
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