The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has deplored as an ill-conceived and craven surrender to fear of Islamist violence the decision made by Yale University Press to discard from a forthcoming book images of the cartoons of Muhammad first published in 2005. The book by professor of politics at Brandeis University, Jytte Klausen, The […]

  Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to demonize Jews and disseminate vile, anti-Jewish propaganda. The official PA news agency in recent days attacked the idea of a Jewish state as a danger to the whole world.  A prominent PA academic, Shamekh Alawneh, denied in a PA TV interview the existence of any Jewish connection […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) for convening its conference (held in Palestinian Authority-controlled Ramallah) for excluding Israel, one of the world’s most prominent countries containing major archeological sites of world significance. According to reports, the WAC conference, entitled ‘Overcoming Structural Violence,’ did not invite the Israel Antiquities […]

  A new poll reveals that American Jewish Democrats disagree with the Obama Administration’s approach toward Israel and the Palestinians.  On July 22-24, 2009, Global Marketing Research Services conducted a poll of 500 American Jews who identified themselves as Democrats.  Fifty-five percent believe that “President Obama is naïve in thinking that the Palestinians would make […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is calling on the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem to revamp its Web site so that it contains information about Israelis and Israel, which is where the Consulate General is located.  Presently, the Consulate General’s Web site contains information exclusively about the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinians – even […]

        Israel’s self-inflicted woes Aug. 10, 2009DANIEL MANDEL   When foreign pressure mounts on Israel, Israelis, still an embattled people, tend rightly to criticize those applying the pressure. Yet they often neglect their own role in stimulating a climate of foreign pressure. The Oslo process greatly augmented this ruinous pattern. Today, Israel […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has described the recent conference of Fatah, the ruling party in the Palestinian Authority (PA) headed by Fatah co-founder Mahmoud Abbas, as a fraud and mockery of peace. The Fatah conference held in Bethlehem, the sixth in the terrorist organization’s history and its first in twenty years has reaffirmed […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has applauded the Anti Defamation League (ADL) for taking out a full-page advertisement in today’s New York Times to tell President Barack Obama, “Mr. President, The Problem Isn’t Settlements, It’s Arab Rejection of Israel.”   In its advertisement, the ADL said, “The obstacle to peace is not Israel. […]

  Obama/Clinton: Asking Israel to violate Israel Supreme Court ruling         The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly criticized Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration, as well as the United Nations, for criticizing Israeli eviction of Arabs living illegally in Jewish-owned homes in Jerusalem. The very liberal Supreme […]

  The Zionist Organization (ZOA) has criticized President Barack Obama for awarding America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, to two virulent critics of Israel, former Irish President and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson and former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Both have made statements and presided over organizations […]