By Morton A Klein, President Zionist Organization of America Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama met in Washington. They both praised each other claiming the US-Israel relationship remains friendly and strong. But both had political reasons for making this claim. Prime Minister Netanyahu will suffer support at home if Israelis […]
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), together with 11 other groups, joined in a letter to University of California President Mark Yudof, urging him to “explicitly focus on anti-Semitism,” a problem that has plagued many University of California campuses for many years. (To read the letter, dated June 28, 2010, click here.) The […]
A new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Palestinians – 62% – oppose the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City and the Western Wall remaining in Israeli hands in any future peace agreement, even if Jerusalem is divided between Israel and a Palestinian state and a Palestinian capital established in the eastern part of […]
A new song performed by a Palestinian children’s choir about the supposed glory attached to ‘martyrdom’ – dying a violent death while waging war and terrorism on infidels, in this case, Jews, has become a hit on Arabic websites. The choir is also reported as becoming one of the most popular children’s groups in […]
Bill has inherent weaknesses The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is pleased that the “Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA) of 2010” has finally passed and urges President Obama to sign this legislation into law and vigorously implement its provisions. If robustly enforced, CISADA constitutes the greatest advancement of the use […]
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to recently reported remarks by Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren, that confirm ZOA’s long-held and argued view that, under President Barack Obama, U.S.-Israel relations have shifted dramatically away from their former warmth and closeness. According to reports, Ambassador Oren “told [Israeli] foreign […]
A new poll has found that nearly two-thirds of Israelis – 65% – believe that American Jews should criticize President Obama’s policy towards Israel, as opposed to a mere 12% of Israelis who believe that American Jews should support Obama’s policy. The June 2010 B’nai B’rith B’nai B’rith World Center Annual Survey on Contemporary […]
A poll has shown, in the wake of the Gaza flotilla affair, that nearly three-quarters of Israelis – 71% – dislike President Barack Obama, with 47% registering a strong dislike of the U.S. president. The poll, conducted by Pechter Middle East polls, also found that 63% of Israelis were dissatisfied with the Obama Administration’s […]
Disturbing, shocking and eye-opening. Israel attempts to legally prevent Iranian missiles and rockets from being delivered to Gaza, controlled by the internationally recognized terrorist group, Hamas; yet the world and media condemn the Jewish state, and mourn the nine Hamas supporters killed by Israel in self-defense. And remember: Israel stops weapons, but daily allows […]
Yale historian Kagan: Appeasement always fails Although the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) understands the enormous international pressure placed on the Israeli government, we nonetheless voice our concern over an Israeli government decision to engage in appeasement by easing its legal blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. The ZOA sees such concessions to […]
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