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Netanyahu once decried ‘daylight’ with Washington, but now he tolerates Trump’s glare

Netanyahu once decried ‘daylight’ with Washington, but now he tolerates Trump’s glare

White House publicly expresses frustration with Israel and apparently shapes its actions in a far more significant way than the Biden administration,...

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Ron Kampeas

US Jews who revile Trump’s domestic policies say he deserves praise for Gaza deal

US Jews who revile Trump’s domestic policies say he deserves praise for Gaza deal

Former ADL chief says American Jewish opponents of the president ‘need to walk and chew gum at the same time,’ noting the GOP leader was...

11.10.2025 40

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Ron Kampeas

Antisemitic conspiracies about Jeffrey Epstein go mainstream as he returns to headlines

Watchdogs point to discourse around the case as a textbook example of ‘horseshoe theory,’ with extremists on the left and right...

02.08.2025 40

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Ron Kampeas

US transit secretary grilled for rehanging Jesus painting at Merchant Marine Academy

Entitled ‘Christ on the Water,’ painting had been moved to the academy’s chapel following a complaint from Jewish midshipmen

18.07.2025 40

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Ron Kampeas

Pro-Israel Jewish Democrats say Mamdani’s stances are cause for concern – and action

Progressive Jews want clarification on the New York mayoral frontrunner’s defense of the phrase ‘globalize the intifada,’ while cautioning...

03.07.2025 30

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Ron Kampeas

Was Trump's Strike on Iran Good for the Jews?

27.06.2025 40

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Ron Kampeas

Why the UK, Germany and France harshly criticize Israel on Gaza but support it on Iran

With the Islamic Republic’s relationship with Russia a possible factor, European powers don’t complain about the taming of what they...

17.06.2025 50

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Ron Kampeas

US lawmakers offer sweeping support for Israeli strikes on Iran, though some critical

Isolationist GOP senator calls to oppose ‘the Neocons’ latest plan,’ while ranking Democrat on Foreign Relations Committee says Israel’s...

14.06.2025 40

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Ron Kampeas

Israel’s strike on Iran: How we got here, what we don’t know and what happens next

Hours before the strike, some insiders said they thought Israel could be rattling sabers. Trump had warned Israel not to attack, and his top envoy was...

13.06.2025 60

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Ron Kampeas

Will the DC killings lead Trump to crack down harder on pro-Palestinian activists?

23.05.2025 8

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Ron Kampeas

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JTA — I watched Yitzhak Rabin die on a dot matrix printer on a Saturday night in London. It was November 1995, and I was working for The Associated...

29.12.2024 9

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Ron Kampeas

JD Vance appears to defend Germany’s far-right AfD party

WASHINGTON (JTA) — US Vice President-elect JD Vance on Friday joined Elon Musk in appearing to defend the policies of the far-right Alternative for...

23.12.2024 8

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Ron Kampeas

Elon Musk endorses far-right German party after government’s collapse

JTA — Elon Musk endorsed a far-right German political party, the latest in a series of posts by the billionaire to draw accusations of catering to...

21.12.2024 30

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Ron Kampeas

GOP-led congressional report backs fundings cuts for universities that boycott Israel

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A report on campus antisemitism by the Republican-led US House of Representatives recommended cutting government funding to...

20.12.2024 10

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Ron Kampeas

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...

12.12.2024 10

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Ron Kampeas

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

11.12.2024 4

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Ron Kampeas

Trump’s Middle East adviser says path to Palestinian state 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...

10.12.2024 5

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Ron Kampeas

Adam Schiff sworn into Senate on 1490 edition of Maimonides’ Jewish legal code

Spokeswoman for the California Democrat says he chose the volume in part due to concerns about state of the rule of law as Trump returns to the...

10.12.2024 40

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Ron Kampeas

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...

26.11.2024 4

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Ron Kampeas

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

21.11.2024 20

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Ron Kampeas

Will Donald Trump be able to end the war in Gaza and bring hostages home?

Experts on Middle East policy say president-elect’s unpredictability may deter Israel’s adversaries, but may also embolden Netanyahu to continue...

10.11.2024 3

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Ron Kampeas

Democrat whose Jewish immigrant story featured in Trump impeachment elected to Congress

Eugene Vindman, who along with his twin brother Alexander was forced from US National Security Council by Trump in 2020, wins close race for seat...

07.11.2024 3

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Ron Kampeas

Pro-Harris group counters pro-Trump ad with rebuttal filmed at same Jewish deli

In second campaign ad at Hymie’s Deli in Philadelphia, Jewish pols respond to Republican Jewish Coalition’s ‘bubbies’ spot, decry Trump as...

02.11.2024 9

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Ron Kampeas

Florida Dem chair says many Jews have started to ‘question the Democratic Party’

Chairwoman Nikki Fried, who is Jewish, says Biden admin response to anti-Israel campus protests alienated some Florida Jews; says she told VP...

01.11.2024 20

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Ron Kampeas

Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s VP pick lauded Oct. 7 massacre — report

Rudolph ‘Butch’ Ware part of hip-hop duo that released album called ‘Aqsa Flood’ with cover featuring inverted red triangle symbol used by Hamas to...

30.10.2024 7

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Ron Kampeas

Trump’s MSG rally features vows to back Israel, antisemitic joke and nativist rhetoric

Former student who sued Harvard over antisemitism on campus after Oct. 7 drops out of event over inclusion of Tucker Carlson, who he calls a ‘big...

29.10.2024 20

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Ron Kampeas

Trump rally in NY to feature Tucker Carlson, who recently hosted Holocaust denier

Critics slam Republican candidate for holding event at Madison Square Garden, where pro-Nazi rally in 1939 was held, and on anniversary of deadly...

28.10.2024 10

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Ron Kampeas

NYPD probing attack on pro-Israel group’s chairman at anti-Israel Oct. 7 protest

Footage shows Democratic Majority for Israel’s Todd Richman unfurling Israeli flag in front of protesters, who then hit him, leaving him with...

11.10.2024 10

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Ron Kampeas

71% of US Jewish voters in 7 swing states favor Harris, Democrat-affiliated poll finds

Survey shows Jewish voters put future of democracy at top of list of issues they care about, followed by abortion rights, the economy and Israel

09.10.2024 4

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Ron Kampeas

Laura Loomer, Jewish activist close to Trump, downplays ties to antisemites

Far-right US provocateur, embraced by Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes and appearing on conspiracy theory network Infowars, is under scrutiny after...

28.09.2024 9

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Ron Kampeas

Trump to address Israeli American Council’s national conference

Speech to come as polls show large majority of American Jewry plans to vote for Harris; at 2019 conference, Trump said US Jews were flawed for not...

14.09.2024 4

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Ron Kampeas

Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer back in Trump’s inner circle, to Republicans’ dismay

In rare show of agreement, Rep. Taylor-Greene and Sen. Graham both excoriate Jewish activist’s racist rant against Harris

14.09.2024 8

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Ron Kampeas

Pro-Israel Trump backers irked by his claim Israel has two years left if Harris wins

Remarks ‘went too far,’ missed chance to properly criticize VP on Iran policy, head of Jewish security institute says; Hebrew U prof. says comment...

13.09.2024 10

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Ron Kampeas

Meet the Jewish author who has written a pithier, punchier Project 2025

Breaking away from mainstream US Jewry, Joel Pollak opposes the separation of church and state while dismissing concerns that his recommendations...

06.09.2024 3

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Ron Kampeas

Biden’s Jewish backers unruffled as his critics pan remark on anti-Israel protests

Ex-peace negotiator says US president ‘got caught up in the political moment’ when he said protesters ‘have a point,’ notes ‘I love Israel talking...

21.08.2024 10

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Ron Kampeas

After being vetted for VP, Jewish governor of Illinois is now hosting the DNC

J.B. Pritzker jokes Democrats weren’t ‘crying out for white Ukrainian American Jewish billionaires,’ as his backers wait to see what surrogate...

20.08.2024 10

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Ron Kampeas

How will Gaza war feature at DNC, and could it split party as support for Harris rises?

Hostage families hope to secure primetime moment like family at RNC; voters opposed to support for Israel push to be represented; Emhoff, Shapiro...

17.08.2024 8

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Ron Kampeas

Why pro-Israel groups aren’t going after Ilhan Omar after helping oust others in Squad

Lobbies believe this year’s circumstances make a defeat of Omar by rival Don Samuels in Tuesday’s primary unrealistic

10.08.2024 10

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Ron Kampeas

White House slams Cori Bush for threatening AIPAC to ‘tear your kingdom down’

Press secretary condemns far-left Democrat for quoting hymn addressed to Satan after primary loss to rival backed by the pro-Israel lobby group

09.08.2024 20

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Ron Kampeas

Pro-Israel US conservatives concerned over isolationism, and antisemitism, on far right

At CUFI annual summit, Christian activists and their Jewish allies address right-wing Republicans who oppose laws defining Jew hatred and want to...

08.08.2024 4

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Ron Kampeas

Israel-critical Democrat Cori Bush faces primary against pro-Israel rival Tuesday

Political action groups tied to AIPAC have spent at least $9 million on ads for Wesley Bell, who says he will fight to keep US supporting Jewish state

06.08.2024 4

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Ron Kampeas