To the Editor:Jonathan S. Tobin is absolutely correct to unravel the shortsightedness and ineffectiveness of public-relations strategies designed to turn Israel into a popular brand name rather than to refurbish its maligned image abroad. Such marketing strategies cannot succeed, because Israel is not simply a commodity, or even a collection of impressive commodities, but a […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) concurs with a federal district court opinion issued on December 28, 2009, in which the judge criticized “the Executive Branch of the United States” as having been “particularly unhelpful,” and the State Department as “mealy-mouthed,” in a lawsuit brought by the family of an American victim of Palestinian Arab […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the Obama Administration for its persisting in the racist demand that Israel cease proceeding with a program of constructing apartments for Jews in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, which was announced this week in Jerusalem. The Israel Housing Ministry announced that it was proceeding with 692 housing […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to the continuing terrorism of Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah and the need for the U.S. to cease funding and training PA personnel in light of the recent murder of an Israeli, Rabbi Meir Chai, by Fatah’s own Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists. Rabbi […]

  A new poll shows that President Barack Obama, who has endured record-low levels of Israeli popularity for any American president, is regarded as pro-Palestinian by three- to-one ratio of Israelis. According to the poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Survey Research this month, only 13% of Israelis regard President Obama’s policy as more […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has noted that there is an important Jewish precedent which argues against paying the ransom to Hamas of freeing 1,000 Arab terrorists for the release of Corporal Gilad Schalit, as is presently being contemplated by the Israeli government. ZOA has pointed to the classic and well-known episode of Rabbi […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed its opposition to the possible decision of the Israeli government to free nearly 1,000 jailed Palestinians, including murderers, attempted murderers, accessories to murder and others involved in terrorism against Israel in return for the freeing of kidnapped Israeli serviceman Corporal Gilad Schalit as a tragic mistake. Corporal […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is pleased to announce that several dozen outstanding pro-Israel student leaders will be departing on December 23 for Israel on the annual ZOA Student Leadership Mission to Israel.  They will return on January 17, 2010.  These students come from campuses throughout America, and will be using the ZOA Mission […]

A new poll has revealed that 61% of Americans support the United States coming to the military defense of Israel if it strikes Iranian nuclear facilities and Iran retaliates. The December Survey of The Israel Project, carried out during December 14-16, also found that 51% of Americans favor military strikes by the U.S. and its […]

  On December 7, 2009, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) joined three other Jewish organizations in filing an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief with the U.S. Supreme Court.  The brief urged the Court to reverse a Fourth Circuit decision and “establish as the law of the land” that foreign government officials who are […]