President Obama is due to visit Israel on March 20 where, the next day, he is to deliver an address in Jerusalem’s Binyanei Ha’uma (International Convention Center) to Israeli university students. According to reports, students from Israeli universities received invitations to hear the president’s speech in Jerusalem – with the conspicuous exception of Ariel University. […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised the Obama Administration for the walk-out by U.S. Ambassador, Joseph McManus, from a meeting with Iranian diplomats after one of them accused Israel of “genocide.”  During a closed-door meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian Ambassador, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, launched into what has been described […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed heartfelt condolences to the family of Jacques Torczyner, legendary Zionist leader and former president of the ZOA, who passed away Thursday night at the age 98.   Born in Belgium in 1914, Jacques Torczyner came to the U.S. in 1940, having escaped the Nazi invasion of Belgium. He […]

Shocked That AIPAC, ADL, AJC & Others Didn’t Oppose Him This is a sad and worrying day for America, the West and Israel. This is a good day for Iran, Hamas, Hizballah and such. It is deeply troubling that the U.S. Senate has confirmed Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Hagel was confirmed by 58 […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed concern at and opposition to the nomination by President Barack Obama of John O. Brennan to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The ZOA has pointed out that John Brennan, who is currently President Obama’s chief security adviser for counter-terrorism, has been a leading figure in the […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has applauded the 15 senators who wrote today to President Barack Obama, urging him to withdraw his nomination of former senator Chuck Hagel for the post of Defense Secretary, and has joined them in urging President Obama to do so. In a letter to President Obama, Senators Cornyn (R-TX), […]

Posted on March 13, 2013 (JNS.org) Hamas is looking to increase suicide bomb efforts, rocket attacks and the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, particularly in the West Bank, according to a report by Israel’s domestic security agency, the Shin Bet. “On the surface, the four-month truce between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding well since […]

A new poll has shown that a plurality of Americans – 38% – have an unfavorable opinion of Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. The poll, conducted by Rasmussen Reports during February 16–17, 2013, showed that, in contrast, only 28% of Americans held a favorable view of Hagel, while over […]