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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

Ron Kampeas

Ron Kampeas

US Rep. Nita Lowey in the Capitol, October 16, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)
March 17, 2025, 2:34 am
Nita Lowey, longtime Jewish US congresswoman and Mideast peace advocate, dies at 87
New York native who represented the state for over 30 years in Congress advocated for Israel and battled against eroding bipartisan support for Jewish state
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Ron Kampeas
US President Joe Biden speaks at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, January 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
January 20, 2025, 5:00 pm
Biden, who campaigned on issue of antisemitism, leaves as it hits historic levels
Outgoing US president established 1st national strategy to fight antisemitism, even appointing special envoy, but couldn’t stop surge of anti-Jewish hate after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack
By Ron Kampeas
Sen. JD Vance, Republican of Ohio, the US vice president-elect, leaves the Senate chamber as lawmakers work on an interim spending bill to avoid a shutdown of federal agencies, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
December 23, 2024, 6:09 pm
JD Vance appears to defend Germany’s far-right AfD party
US vice president-elect mocks alarm over Elon Musk backing anti-EU party accused of ‘neo-Nazi ideology’: ‘It’s so dangerous for people to control their borders’
By Ron Kampeas
Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington DC, November 13, 2024. (Allison Robbert/POOL/AFP)
December 20, 2024, 8:27 pm
Elon Musk endorses far-right German party after government’s collapse
Trump ally states that only the AfD, some of whose politicians have downplayed the Holocaust, ‘can save Germany’
By Ron Kampeas
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators rally on the Columbia University campus in New York City to mark a year since the Hamas terror group's onslaught on southern Israel that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, October 7, 2024 (Alex Kent/Getty Images/AFP)
December 20, 2024, 5:11 am
GOP-led congressional report backs fundings cuts for universities that boycott Israel
House panels also urge application of discrimination protections for Jewish students to those targeted for being Zionist, calling hatred of Zionism ‘inherently antisemitic’
By Ron Kampeas
An undated view of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia (Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History)
December 12, 2024, 6:44 am
Biden signs law that could bring US Jewish history museum under Smithsonian umbrella
Legislation, which was unanimously approved by Congress, calls for establishing body to examine whether the Weitzman museum in Philadelphia can join the Smithsonian Institution
By Ron Kampeas
GOP Representative Brian Mast of Florida, wearing an IDF uniform, talks with reporters as Republicans hold a caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, October 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
December 11, 2024, 6:41 am
Lawmaker who assisted IDF as civilian volunteer to lead House foreign affairs panel
GOP’s Brian Mast has been a pugnacious defender of Israel in Congress, wore an Israeli uniform to the US Capitol in show of support after Oct. 7
By Ron Kampeas
Dr. Massad Boulos, US President-elect Donald Trump’s adviser on Middle Eastern and Arab affairs, sits for a portrait at the Wall Street Hotel, New York, September 4, 2024. (Jeenah Moon for The Washington Post via Getty Images/JTA)
December 10, 2024, 7:14 pm
Trump’s Middle East adviser says path to Palestinian state is key to Israel-Saudi ties
Massad Boulos says Riyadh not demanding two-state solution in exchange for normalization, just roadmap, says Trump has spoken about new nuclear deal, not regime change, in Iran
By Ron Kampeas
Vice President Kamala Harris, right, holds a ceremonial swearing-in for Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, joined by his wife Eve M. Schiff, center, at the Capitol in Washington, December 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
December 10, 2024, 5:31 am
Adam Schiff sworn into Senate on 1490 edition of Maimonides’ legal code
Spokeswoman for California Democrat says he chose volume in part due to concerns about state of the rule of law as Trump returns to the White House
By Ron Kampeas
This combination of pictures created on November 02, 2024, shows former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) as he arrives on stage to speak during a campaign rally at the Sports and Expo Center at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, November 1, 2024, and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) as she arrives for a campaign rally at the Craig Ranch Amphitheater in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 31, 2024.(Roberto Schmidt and David Becker/AFP)
December 5, 2024, 11:36 am
US Jews favored Harris over Trump, but Democrats’ edge smaller than in 2020 – analyses
Several surveys conducted since Election Day find that 63% to 71% of Jewish voters backed Democrats, keeping in line with historical preference for party
By Ron Kampeas
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 9, 2024. (Cliff Owen/AP)
December 5, 2024, 9:00 am
Chuck Schumer reelected head of US Senate Democrats, this time as minority leader
The Jewish lawmaker has a busy few weeks ahead of him, including getting Biden’s federal judge nominees approved, enshrining IHRA definition of antisemitism into law
By Ron Kampeas
Zvi Kogan, a Chabad rabbi who was murdered in the UAE in November 2024 (Channel 12 news screenshot)
November 26, 2024, 4:47 am
Killing of rabbi in UAE could bolster Israel’s ties with Arab neighbors, experts say
Countries that haven’t signed on to the Abraham Accords may seek to show that they will not be deterred by the kind of terrorist elements that murdered Zvi Kogan
By Ron Kampeas
Former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi takes part in a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference, February 27, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
November 23, 2024, 12:13 am
Trump’s AG nominee has called for FBI to question pro-Hamas campus protesters
Pam Bondi also said those backing Palestinian terror group ‘need to be taken out of our country,’ a step which GOP platform advocates for noncitizens
By Ron Kampeas
Sia performs during the 2024 ADL In Concert Against Hate at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC, November 18, 2024. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Anti-Defamation League via JTA)
November 20, 2024, 7:21 pm
At ADL concert against hate, Israel and antisemitism in shadow of war take center stage
Ben Stiller hosts annual event with performances from pop stars Sia and Eden Golan
By Ron Kampeas
Karen Paikin Barall speaks at a Jewish Federations of North America event Washington, DC, in November. (JTA)
November 19, 2024, 11:16 am
Friction in US Jewish Federations as official said to cheer potential Gaza settlements
Umbrella organization reiterates policy of nonpartisanship after executive apparently expresses excitement at prospect of settlement surge under Trump’s upcoming presidency
By Ron Kampeas
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