What’s the magic in the Israel-India relationship?
Ron Kampeas, JTAJul 13, 2017
WASHINGTON — Barefoot walks on the beach, warm hugs, lots of mutual admiration, hesitant attempts to speak each other’s language. And giggles. The bromance between...
Arab nations cut ties with Qatar
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 08, 2017
WASHINGTON — Five Arab nations cut ties with Qatar on Monday, June 5, escalating a long-simmering competition for preeminence in the region into actions that could set...
Six days . . . five things
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 02, 2017
JERUSALEM — The three paratroopers casting eyes upward at the Western Wall. The troops reveling in the waters of the Suez Canal. The sweeping views of a Galilee no...
Saudi arms deal: Why Congress, Israel are OK with it
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 02, 2017
WASHINGTON — The year was 1981 and the director of AIPAC was calling for a “showdown” with the Reagan administration, saying “This country is being held hostage...
Comey fired, reviled, yet liked by Jewish leaders
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 11, 2017
WASHINGTON — “You make us better,” James Comey told the Anti-Defamation League in his final public speech as FBI director. Judging from the applause in the...
Trump denounces Holocaust
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 04, 2017
WASHINGTON — In a barrage of statements last week from the president and his aides, the Trump administration wants you to know, he gets it: The Holocaust describes a...
Turning point in Syria?
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 14, 2017
WASHINGTON — Israel’s government and pundits are unabashedly pleased by the missile strike ordered by President Donald Trump last week on the Syrian airfield from...
David Friedman is new ambassador
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 30, 2017
WASHINGTON — The US Senate confirmed David Friedman, a confidante of President Donald Trump who outraged some Jewish groups with his broadsides against liberal Jews,...
Bill would impose new Iran sanctions
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 30, 2017
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan slate of senators introduced new sanctions targeting Iran for its missile testing and destabilizing actions days ahead of AIPAC’s national...
AIPAC aspires to be non-partisan
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 23, 2017
WASHINGTON — Maintaining Iran sanctions, crushing BDS and ensuring aid to Israel are high on the agenda, of course. But the overarching message at this year’s...
