The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) charged today that the general closure of Judea and Samaria during this holiday season announced by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman today “in light of security assessments” shows that Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) is no peace partner. The IDF spokesman said that “the IDF will increase […]

   Fmr. Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Head Steinitz: Pal. State Would Be “Israel‘s Demise“      In recent days, two senior figures involved with the Arab-Israeli situation, Dennis Ross, formerly America‘s chief negotiator during the Oslo process, and Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland, former head of Israel‘s National Security Council, have each come out opposing […]

 Prof. Sternhell: ArabTerrorism Is Justified       Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has condemned alleged Jewish extremists living in Judea and Samaria for a pipe-bomb attack upon an extremist left wing Israeli academic, Ze’ev Sternhell, before any evidence connecting such elements to the crime had been taken. Olmert stated that “It is impossible […]

  Ahmed Qureia, a top Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator and former PA prime minister, has threatened that Palestinians will use more terrorism to murder Jews if they do not obtain whatever they demand in negotiations. Quereia stated in a meeting with newly-elected Kadima chairwoman, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni, that, “The Palestinians will continue […]

 Left-wing Jewish Groups Subordinated Concern For Israel To Their Domestic Agenda      The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the National Jewish Democratic Convention (NJDC) and J Street, two of the Jewish groups that sought to disinvite Republican vice-presidential candidate and Alaskan Governor, Sarah Palin, from Monday’s rally outside the United Nations in […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) applauds and strongly supports the call made by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for the State Department to deny a visa to Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, due to his repeated calls for the destruction of Israel, allied to an Iranian policy […]

The following statement is from Morton A. Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America.                          “The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly opposes the disinvitation of Vice-Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin to be one of many speakers at a “stop Iran from gaining nuclear weapons rally.”  This rally will also protest the presence of Iran‘s […]

  The Iraqi parliament voted to strip the parliamentary immunity of one of its members, Mithal Alusi for visiting Israel last week to attend an international counter-terrorism conference at which he called for relations with Israel. This allows the Iraqi government to prosecute Alusi for breaking Iraqi law by visiting the Jewish state. The law […]

  The former chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Yuval Steinitz, has said that, “For any foreseeable future I do not see a partner, or any possibility to leave Judea and Samaria or even part of it … The idea of a two-state solution should be dead, today, because unfortunately a Palestinian […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised President George W. Bush for deciding in favor of selling Israel sophisticated weapons for heavily fortified targets, including bunker-busting bombs. Contrary to previous reports suggesting that the Bush Administration would not sell Israel the sophisticated aircraft and equipment that could be integral to any future Israeli […]