The exiled face of resistance in Venezuela
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 22, 2018
WASHINGTON — David Smolansky has become the exiled face of the resistance to the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. It doesn’t take long to realize why...
AIPAC reaches out to progressives
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 08, 2018
WASHINGTON — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee opened its arms to progressives this week, launching its annual policy conference with direct appeals to...
Can AIPAC stay non-partisan?
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 01, 2018
WASHINGTON — When candidate Donald Trump spoke at AIPAC’s Policy Conference in 2016 and said Barack Obama may be the worst thing that ever happened to Israel, many...
PLO envoy speaks out
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 01, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s recognition in December of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital amounted to “backstabbing,” the PLO envoy to Washington said....
How Mike Pence’s faith figures into his support of Israel
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 25, 2018
WASHINGTON — When Mike Pence moved to Washington earlier this year, he and his wife took with them a framed phrase they had for years hung over their fireplace in...
High marks for Greenblatt
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 04, 2018
WASHINGTON — Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s chief Israeli-Palestinian negotiator, has an office just around the corner from the White House. On his...
Jewish worry about new tax bill
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 28, 2017
WASHINGTON — Most Jewish groups decried a massive tax reform package for what they said were cuts in taxes that would savage entitlements, although some groups...
PLO office in DC may shut down
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 30, 2017
WASHINGTON — In 1987, Congress passed legislation that declared there would never be an office of the PLO on US soil. President Ronald Reagan agreed and signed the...
Congress debates definition of anti-Semitism
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 16, 2017
WASHINGTON — Jewish and pro-Israel leaders exchanged heated remarks at a congressional hearing on how to define anti-Semitism. The Nov. 7 hearing of the House...
What’s the hullabaloo in Saudi Arabia?
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 09, 2017
WASHINGTON — What is MBS? Why did Lebanon’s prime minister resign — and why in Saudi Arabia? What’s PA President Mahmoud Abbas doing in Saudi Arabia? Where is...
