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Ron Kampeas
Ron Kampeas
US Senator Ben Cardin speaks April 16 2018 at J Street’s conference in Washington DC. (courtesy, J Street)
April 17, 2018, 3:06 am
At J Street, pro-Israel stalwart Cardin lashes out at Netanyahu, Trump
In rare rebuke of foreign leader, lawmaker slams PM-backed plan to deport African asylum seekers as 'inconsistent with our Jewish and democratic values'
By Ron Kampeas
Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks on April 14, 2018, at the annual J Street conference, in Washington, DC. (J Street via JTA)
April 15, 2018, 11:58 pm
At 10th J Street conference, Trump and Netanyahu seen as peas in a rotten pod
Left-wing organization, divided over issues such as BDS and Syria, unites in condemning Netanyahu and Trump for attacks on media and immigrants
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump speaks about the spending bill during a press conference in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House on March 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
April 5, 2018, 8:37 am
State Department says combating anti-Semitism a ‘priority,’ but no envoy named
As activists urge US president to appoint monitor after more than a year's delay, administration declines to say if it will do so
By Ron Kampeas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press in his Jerusalem office on April 2, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
April 5, 2018, 3:40 am
Why Netanyahu is blaming New Israel Fund for Israel’s migrant crisis
Left-leaning organization has been attacked by right-wing Israelis for years over sponsorship of groups critical of Israel
By Ron Kampeas
A convoy of US forces armored vehicles drives near the village of Yalanli, on the western outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Delil Souleiman)
April 4, 2018, 7:36 am
Mixed messages from Washington over Syria raise concerns in Israel
Even as Trump pushes to withdraw troops, officials and diplomats insist US remains committed to peacekeeping efforts after 7 years of devastating war
By Ron Kampeas
John Bolton speaking at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire, on April 17, 2015. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images via JTA)
March 24, 2018, 12:56 am
Why John Bolton appointment stirs frenzy among American Jews
New national security adviser holds hawkish views on key foreign policy issues for US Jewry, winning him applause from right and deep dismay from left
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: The Albany JCC closed briefly due to a bomb scare, January 18, 2017. (Screenshot from Twitter via JTA)
March 23, 2018, 7:22 pm
US spending bill includes big boost for Jewish groups seeking security money
Official at the Orthodox Union says increase in threats to Jewish institutions led to more than doubling of funds
By Ron Kampeas
President of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald Lauder, speaks during the Herzeliya Conference under the title of Common Israeli Hope, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 14, 2016. (Flash90
March 22, 2018, 7:52 am
Ronald Lauder’s support for a two-state solution could actually matter
WJC president's op-ed surprised many by breaking with Israeli policies, but it may be a signal to Netanyahu not to scuttle Trump's peace plan before it is born
By Ron Kampeas
David Smolansky, a leader in exile of Venezuela’s opposition, in Washington, DC, March 12, 2018. (Ron Kampeas)
March 19, 2018, 7:06 pm
An exiled Venezuelan opposition leader is drawing strength from his Jewish roots
Venezuela's youngest mayor ever, David Smolansky, is on the lam in Washington, DC, fleeing arrest for his staunch opposition to president Nicolas Maduro
By Ron Kampeas
Jared Moskowitz speaking in the Florida legislature, March 7, 2018. (Screenshot from YouTube)
March 17, 2018, 4:54 am
Emotional speech by a Jewish legislator helped pass Florida’s new gun law
Democrat Jared Moskowitz leads efforts to pass gun reform in his state after 17 children killed in school shooting
By Ron Kampeas
A woman is evacuated for medical treatment after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in the center of Jerusalem, January 27, 2002. (Flash90)
March 16, 2018, 4:32 pm
White House ‘deeply sympathizes’ with PLO terror victims, but opposes lawsuit
Justice Department vows commitment to prosecuting terrorists to 'the fullest extent that the law allows' but says Supreme Court shouldn't take up case
By Ron Kampeas
African asylum seekers gather at the entrance to Holot Detention Center on Saturday, June 18, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 16, 2018, 6:57 am
Prominent Israel advocates urge Netanyahu to reverse course on deportations
Alan Dershowitz, Abe Foxman among group warning PM that expulsion of asylum-seekers could hurt Israel and Diaspora Jewry
By Ron Kampeas
Supporter of Conor Lamb, the Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, Judy Kramer of Bavington, Pennsylvania, arrives early for Lamb's election night party in nearby Cecil, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
March 16, 2018, 2:42 am
Jewish groups cheer Democrat’s surprise win in Pennsylvania
Conor Lamb's margin over Republican opponent so slim that liberal Jewish groups say they might have helped give him the edge he needed
By Ron Kampeas
US conservative commentator and economic analyst Larry Kudlow speaks on the set of CNBC at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on March 8, 2018 in New York. (AFP/Bryan R. Smith)
March 15, 2018, 11:14 pm
Larry Kudlow: 5 things to know about the bar mitzvah boy turned Zionist Catholic
America's new chief economic adviser agrees with Trump on most issues, but not tariffs, and many of his predictions have been flat-out wrong
By Ron Kampeas
In this file photo taken on February 13, 2018 CIA Director Mike Pompeo testifies on worldwide threats during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
March 13, 2018, 11:51 pm
Pompeo pick offers a window into Trump’s thinking on Israel, Iran
The president says the CIA chief is much closer to sharing his views than Tillerson. So what does Pompeo think about issues important to Israel and the Jewish community?
By Ron Kampeas
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