The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has opposed the appointment of Samantha Power, a government adviser who has made hostile and baseless anti-Israel statements, heading the newly created Atrocities Prevention Board (APB). The APB is intended to “coordinate action across the entire government on stopping genocide and liaise with the NGO community.” But Power, who […]
U.S. Must Consider Ending $2 Billion Aid to Egypt The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to new alarming signs of deterioration of the situation in Egypt and Egyptian/Israeli relations. In recent days, Egypt’s state-owned natural gas company said that it is ending a 2005 deal to export gas […]
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to a recent, stunning admission by a British Foreign Office minister that the British Government ignores the issue of Palestinian Authority (PA) compliance with its signed obligations to end incitement to hatred and murder against Jews and Israel. In response to a question in the […]
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) praised U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today for the inspiring speech he gave at the Hillel Student Leadership Gala 2012 at Rutgers University on April 15, 2012. Senator Menendez spoke knowledgeably and powerfully about the Jewish people’s historical connection to the Land of Israel, and about the importance to […]
The Zionist Organization of America has pointed to several stunning examples of the continuing hate propaganda, denial of Jewish history and incitement to hatred and violence suffusing Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority (PA) during the last two weeks. In this two-week period: The PA Minister of Social Affairs, Majida Al-Masri, called for Palestinian unity […]
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed criticism of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for taking the unusual step of overriding the House Foreign Relations Committee and releasing $147 million in funds for Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) that House Foreign Relations Committee Chairwoman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) had put on hold. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen […]
Ahmed Qurei, former prime minister (2003-5, 2005-6) of the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA), senior Fatah official, head of the PLO’s Department of Jerusalem Affairs, and former speaker of the Palestinian legislature, has called for a “one state solution” – the replacement of Israel by a single Arab/Muslim-dominated state. In a recent article, Qurei wrote […]
Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) is seeking non-state membership in the United Nations so that it may then apply to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for an investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes. According to PLO observer at the UN, Riyad Mansour, Palestine can still pursue an investigation into possible Israeli war crimes during […]
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised the Israeli government for establishing a police sub-station on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives is the site of a 3,000 year old Jewish cemetery going back to the period of the biblical First Temple. It is the burial ground of the biblical […]
The ZOA sent the following letter to Richard McCormick, the president of Rutgers University, after the Rutgers student paper, The Daily Medium, targeted and insulted a Jewish student, by falsely attributing to him an opinion piece in the Medium entitled “What About the Good Things Hitler Did?” The piece mocked and trivialized the Holocaust. The […]
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