The Palestinian Authority (PA) security chief, Tewfik Al-Tirawi, has claimed on Arabic television that Israel recruits Palestinians to sexually harass their own mothers and sisters as part of a comprehensive strategy to harm Palestinians.   In an interview on Abu Dhabi television, Al-Tirawi said:   “We in the occupied land, the people under occupation, […]

Why isn’t there a freeze on Arab construction?     The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is opposed to the policy announced today in Jerusalem by the Israeli government to institute a freeze on all Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria for a ten month period. This freeze, which applies only to Jews, sends the […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to new reports about Egypt’s failure to discharge its obligations under the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty by preventing the incursion of terrorists and weaponry from its territory to attack Israel. Reports indicate that smuggling into the Gaza Strip from Egypt beneath the Philadelphi Corridor that runs along […]

ZOA critical of Obama Admin’s demand: No more Jews in E. J’lem       The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised the Netanyahu government for proceeding with a municipally approved program of Jewish housing construction in Gilo, southern Jerusalem. The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee authorized yesterday the construction of 900 new […]

The Zionist Organization of America has condemned the Palestinian Authority (PA) of Mahmoud Abbas for honoring arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat on the fifth anniversary of his death and described such a Palestinian leadership as not being a genuine peace partner. Thousands of Fatah supporters gathered in Ramallah last week for ceremonies organized by the PA and […]

  A new poll has found that Israelis today would award 78 Knesset seats to parties of the right-of-center as opposed to a mere 38 seats it would award to parties of the left- of-center. The poll, carried out on 11-12 November by Dialog for the Haaretz newspaper found that, today, Likud would rise six […]

ZOA Praises U.S. & Others For Opposing Report       The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the outrageous vote of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to endorse the disreputable Report on the Gaza hostilities earlier this year produced the U.N. Human Rights Council-appointed Fact-Finding Mission chaired by Judge Richard Goldstone. The […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) for announcing plans to introduce legislation in Congress that would remove the presidential waiver from the law calling for the U.S. Embassy in Israel to be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The legislation mandating the move of the Embassy to Jerusalem […]

A new poll has shown that Israeli Jews believe by an overwhelming margin of 80% to 10% that the idea that Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 armistice lines would bring Israel peace for generations is “simplistic and naïve.” Among supporters of the left-of-center Kadima Party, 85% take that view. The poll, conducted by the Maagar […]

Denies points made in Sen. Specter’s letter     The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, criticizing her response to a strong and principled letter she received from Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA), in which she both whitewashes and ignores the Abbas/Fatah Conference’s rejection of a final peace settlement […]