Trump-Kim summit: Meaning for Iran, Israel
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 14, 2018
WASHINGTON — Amos Yadlin likes talking about the Begin doctrine, which calls for removing existential threats to Israel before they are manifest — maybe because he...
Anti-Semitic charges in tow congressional races
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 07, 2018
WASHINGTON — Two congressional races have been beset in recent days with charges of anti-Semitism, and each case — in California and in Virginia — uncovers...
Was the opening of the Jerusalem embassy partisan?
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 07, 2018
WASHINGTON — A fight over who was and wasn’t invited to the US Embassy dedication in Jerusalem last month is becoming yet another battle in the war between...
Intra-Jewish relations deteriorate
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 17, 2018
WASHINGTON — Last year, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations updated its secret rules to ban “insults, ad hominem attacks, and...
Trump pulls out of Iran deal
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 10, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he would not waive sanctions on Iran by a deadline Saturday, May 12, effectively pulling out of the Iran deal. “I am...
Natalie Portman Genesis Prize snub reverberates
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — Natalie Portman’s statement explaining why she declined to attend a Genesis Prize award ceremony in Israel in her honor was a pointed rebuke, and of a...
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....
