Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward House overwhelmingly passes resolution condemning Hamas Oct. 7 massacres
The resolution was approved 412-10, with another six members voting present
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Fast Forward In Washington, calls for a ceasefire are loud, but not pervasive or, to Biden, persuasive
Calls for a ceasefire from some progressives have been loud and insistent, but ineffective in the face of a Biden administration steadfast in its support for Israel
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Fast Forward Turkish president calls Hamas a ‘liberation group’ that is ‘waging a battle to protect its lands’
Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said he was canceling a planned visit to Israel
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Fast Forward More than half of House Democrats endorse Biden’s backing of Israel in Hamas war
Some of the letter’s signatories have been outspoken critics of Israel in the past
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Fast Forward Samantha Woll, Detroit synagogue president, found stabbed to death outside her home
Woll was a Democratic activist and Jewish lay leader helping to spearhead the revival of the Jewish community in the city of Detroit
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Fast Forward Hamas releases two American hostages to Israel
Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie are from Evanston, Illinois
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Fast Forward Israel evacuates Kiryat Shemona, town of 20,000 near Lebanon
Israel has for days been ready to launch an incursion into Gaza, and seeks to prevent the conflict from escalating on its other fronts
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Fast Forward ‘An inflection point in history’: Biden says assisting Israel and Ukraine is necessary to preserve democracy
Russia and Hamas "both want to completely annihilate neighboring democracies," Biden said
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