Posted on March 13, 2013 (JNS.org) Hamas is looking to increase suicide bomb efforts, rocket attacks and the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, particularly in the West Bank, according to a report by Israel’s domestic security agency, the Shin Bet. “On the surface, the four-month truce between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding well since […]

A new poll has shown that a plurality of Americans – 38% – have an unfavorable opinion of Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. The poll, conducted by Rasmussen Reports during February 16–17, 2013, showed that, in contrast, only 28% of Americans held a favorable view of Hagel, while over […]

Referring to the impact of Israeli air strikes on Gaza during November 2012′s Operation Pillar of Defense the BBC’s Wyre Davis wrote: In the BBC Gaza office, that feeling was most tangibly felt on the first day of this conflict when Omar, the 11-month-old son of our cameraman Jihad Misharawi, was killed when a missile […]

ADL, AJC, AIPAC Should Explicitly Oppose Hagel The American Jewish Committee (AJC) yesterday called for a “further review of Chuck Hagel’s views on vitally important national security and foreign policy issues…before any final vote is taken.” The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which has said “the sentiments Hagel expressed…border on anti-Semitism in the genre of professors Mearscheimer […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed criticism and concern over specific statements and claims contained in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last week. Below is President Obama’s specific statements, followed by ZOA’s critique:     “Today, the organization that      attacked us on 9/11 is a shadow of its former self. Different […]

Honor Koch’s Request: Oppose Chuck Hagel     The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) mourns the loss of Mayor Ed Koch. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, “I will miss the Mayor terribly. I am proud and honored to say that Mayor Ed Koch was a friend of mine.  We would speak by phone […]

ZOA: Senators Should Vote to Reject Hagel The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to further, alarming statements made by President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, and urged senators to vote against confirming him in that office. The far-left J Street, which present itself as a pro-Israel group, has now […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Palestinian Authority (PA) president and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas for reiterating his long-standing Holocaust denial. During a recent interview on Al Meyadeen, a Lebanon-based broadcast channel, Abbas claimed that Zionism and Nazism were complicit prior to World War II, stating, “I challenge anyone to deny the relationship […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized President Barack Obama for providing this week four new, state-of-the art F-16 warplanes to the extremist, anti-Semitic Islamist Egyptian regime of Mohamed Morsi. The four F-16s are part of a package of military aid to Egypt encompassing 16 F-16s jets and 200 M1A1 Abrams tanks that was […]