The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly criticized President Barack Obama for opposing Jews building in and moving into eastern Jerusalem, site of Jewry’s ancient capital, labeling such action as being “never helpful.” At the same time, he and his Administration continue their practice of ignoring Palestinian incitement to hatred and murder against […]

  A new survey of Israeli opinion has found that 72% of Israelis believe that “The Palestinians have not accepted the existence of the State of Israel and would destroy it if they could,” whereas only 27% disagree; while Israelis support by 64% to 32% Prime Minister Netanyahu’s refusal to extend a freeze on Jewish […]

  Pressure the PA – not Israel       The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized reported plans being pushed by the Obama Administration for the creation of a Palestinian state on all of Judea and Samaria with parts of eastern Jerusalem and the strategically vital Jordan Valley to be “leased” by Israel […]

  Stop donating to UNESCO     The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the United Nations Economic, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for recently adopting an Arab-initiated resolution that declared Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb near Bethlehem, among the most significant of Jewish holy sites, to be “Palestinian,” including a […]

  Public concerned about domestic/foreign policy       The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has stated that yesterday’s Congressional election result indicates a sweeping rejection of President Obama’s domestic, economic and foreign policy. Many polls indicate Americans’ dissatisfaction with President Obama’s handling of the Arab/Israeli situation. This election further validates that part of the […]

  Schumer: Obama criticizing Israel “counterproductive”       The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) for his recent speech taking the Obama Administration to task for fixating on Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as constituting an obstacle to peace when the truth is that Jews living and building […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has drawn attention to remarks made earlier this month by Dalia Rabin, daughter of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin as well as to the latter’s last Knesset speech, both indicating that Yitzhak Rabin had serious misgivings about the direction of the Oslo process and that he would […]

  ADL’s Foxman should reconsider his former support for giving Tutu a platform       The Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, has asked the Cape Town Opera to cancel a planned trip to Israel, making the false analogy that, just as it was wrong for artists to visit South Africa under Apartheid, […]

  Harley Lippman, Brandeis honoree        The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is proud to announce that William Kristol, founding editor of the Weekly Standard, regular Fox TV panelist and co-founder of the Emergency Committee for Israel, and Gary Bauer, co-founder of Christians United for Israel and president of American Values, will be […]

New surveys of Palestinian opinion have found that nearly half of Palestinians (49%) favor suicide bombing attacks against Israelis, with an almost equal number opposed (49.2%), with 14% of Palestinians strongly favoring such acts of terrorism, while 6% strongly oppose them, while a clear majority of 59% of Palestinians aged between 18 and 30 favor […]