Yaalon: Gaza withdrawal caused Lebanon war The former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief-of-Staff, Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon, has declared that the Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mamhoud Abbas is “no partner for peace.” Yaalon made his comment in an interview on Israeli television in which he also said that that “the unilateral approach that drove the [2005 […]

There are 2.3 million U.S. Muslims, not 7 million as some claim The first nationwide survey of Muslim Americans, carried out by Pew Associates, has revealed that more than a quarter of Muslim Americans (26%) under the age of 30 believe that suicide bombings to defend Islam are justified in at least some circumstances. According […]

A new Israeli poll has revealed that clear majorities of Israeli Jews believe Palestinian Arabs want to destroy Israel and reject land-for-peace deals & unilateral concessions to Palestinian Arabs. The poll of 709 Israeli Jews, carried out by INSS (previously the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies) shows the following: A large majority of Israelis — […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to a major discrepancy in former CIA Director George Tenet’s accounts of his role in the continuing imprisonment of Jonathan Pollard. ZOA has pointed out that Tenet, at a 1998 Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations meeting held after the Wye Agreement was signed, when asked […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni for stating that Israel will set up a Palestinian state and that doing so will encompass further Israeli territorial withdrawals. In an interview in the Egyptian government-controlled newspaper Al-Ahram, Livni stated that Israel, in its pursuit of peace and a two-state solution, […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni for stating that Israel will set up a Palestinian state and that doing so will encompass further Israeli territorial withdrawals. In an interview in the Egyptian government-controlled newspaper Al-Ahram, Livni stated that Israel, in its pursuit of peace and a two-state solution, […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the Bush Administration decision that the U.S. will not be officially attending the 40th Jerusalem Reunification Day festivities this week in Jerusalem, Israel. This decision comes despite the 12-year old Jerusalem Embassy Act, which calls for the U.S. Embassy to Israel to be located […]

The Hamas newspaper, Al-Risalah, recently contained an article by an author, Kan’an Ubayd, which seeks to explain that, “The extermination of the Jews is good for the inhabitants of the worlds.” Hamas is the lead party that runs the Palestinian Authority (PA). The author writes that the extermination of Jews is Allah’s will and would […]

Iran “cannot be compared to any other regime in modern history” Israeli Knesset Member, Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Effie Eitam, delivered the Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) Ben and Esther Chouake Distinguished Lecture last night, entitled, Israel and the West: The Threat from Iran,’ warning that “Israel will have to take action if diplomacy and sanctions fail” […]

Plan Harms U.S. War On Terror New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has written to President George W. Bush, urging him to revoke the so-called ‘benchmark plan’ presented by U.S. officials, an 8-month timetable which includes a series of steps by Israel that resemble the “confidence-building measures” laid out in the 2003 […]