The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s criticism of the Obama Administration’s policy against Jews building homes and apartments in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. Mr. Olmert has argued that the Obama Administration’s preoccupation with Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria is misconceived, encourages Palestinians not to […]

Obama Ignores Hamas Buying Buildings In Eastern Jerusalem         The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has applauded the recent statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejecting the Obama Administration’s demand that Israel not proceed with a project to build 20 residential apartments in eastern Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Prime Minister Netanyahu […]

  Leaders criticized Obama’s tactics more than substance       President Obama invited a small group of Jewish organizations to the White House for a meeting on Monday, July 13 to discuss the increasing concern and fear of American Jews of Obama’s hostile policies toward Israel while making no serious demands of the Palestinian […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), has learnt that Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas has shut down within the PA Al-Jazeera, a major media that is not under his control, for “incitement” against him and the PA. That being the case, why has not Abbas closed down PA media, which he completely controls, […]

              The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is disappointed by the decision issued last Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, upholding the lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit by an American citizen born in Jerusalem who wanted to have “Israel” listed as his birthplace on his U.S. […]

  Armed struggle still an option         Kifah Radaydeh, a senior official in Fatah, the party co-founded and led by Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas, has stated on PA TV that peace has never been a goal for Fatah. Radaydeh, the deputy head of Fatah’s Jerusalem chapter, said: “It has been […]

 “Refugees” – owed $140 billion Palestinian Authority (PA) senior official and head of its negotiations department, Saeb Erekat, has said in a detailed interview with an Arabic newspaper that no Jews should be permitted to stay in a Palestinian state, that Palestinians have an “absolute right” to the eastern half of Jerusalem and that, as […]

  Yet Israel Transfers Arms To PA         The Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Prisoners, Ashraf al-Ajrami, has honored PA security forces as “heroes” for being the backbone of Palestinian terror campaign against Israel since 2000. His words were uttered at precisely the time that Israel approved the transfer of 1,000 AK-47 […]

              The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) mourns the death of Dr. Gary A. Tobin, a scholar, researcher and educator on current issues of concern to the Jewish community, including anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism in American schools and on college campuses.  The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that Dr. Tobin died late Monday at age 59.  […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) notes with great concern the statement of U.S. Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) claiming that Israel will agree to a freeze on Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. The ZOA vigorously opposes any such step and urges Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu to categorically reject any freeze […]