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Saudi-Kushner tie
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — In March, Saudi Arabia was on the brink of a new age of modernity. At the epicenter of the transformation were Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jared...
Meet the Jewish Senate candidates
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — There are 56 candidates for Congress who identify as Jewish. Among them are 41 Democrats: five are running for the Senate — three incumbents and two...
A Jewish take on the Kavanaugh hearings
Josefin Dolsten, JTAOct 04, 2018
NEW YORK — As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, he had to answer questions about sexual misconduct...
58 group object to University of Michigan boycott
JTASep 27, 2018
ANN ARBOR — Fifty-eight organizations called on the University of Michigan to sanction professors who boycott Israel — such as by refusing to write a letter of...
Trump shuts PLO out of Washington
JTASep 13, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration ordered the close of the PLO office in Washington DC this week. “We have permitted the PLO office to conduct operations that...
In Boston, Pressley will press Israel on Palestinians
JTASep 13, 2018
BOSTON — Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley scored a major upset on Sept. 4 over 10-term incumbent congressman Michael Capuano in the Democratic primary. Pressley...
US curtails UNRWA funding
JTASep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5779 SECTION A PAGE 10 JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the US announcement that it would halt all funding to the UN...
Trump: ‘Israel will pay high price’ for embassy
JTAAug 30, 2018
JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump said Israel will have to pay a “high price” in peace negotiations with the Palestinians over the move of the US Embassy to...
John McCain made Israel central to his foreign policy
Ron Kampeas, JTAAug 30, 2018
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain made human rights and Israel centerpieces of his advocacy for a robust US influence across the planet. The Arizona Republican died Aug....
Israel criticism growing among Dems?
Ron Kampeas, JTAAug 23, 2018
WASHINGTON — Rashida Tlaib, the Democratic nominee in a surefire congressional district comprising parts of Detroit, believes in a one-state solution to the...
