59% of Israelis — Gaza withdrawal a mistake New York – A new poll published in the Israeli daily newspaper, Maariv, has found that an overwhelming three-quarters of Israelis (74%) oppose Israel making any further unilateral withdrawals, whereas only 18% of Israelis support such moves. The Maariv poll also showed that 59% of Israelis regarded […]

Arms may be used to murder Jews — as before New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is critical of the decision by the Olmert government to authorize the transfer of 1,000 rifles from Jordan to the security forces of Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA). The weapons were delivered to the PA security […]

Brandeis Crown Center employs scholars hostile to Israel New York – Last week, Brandeis University president Jehuda Reinharz appropriately expressed deep concern about American academics like Tony Judt, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer are at the forefront of those denying Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state (Haaretz , July 10). It […]

Fmr. Chief, Israel Education Ministry,calls for firing of Tamir New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed opposition to the new decision by the Israeli Education Ministry to commence teaching next year a course to Israeli Arab third-graders in which the founding of the State of Israel is presented as a tragedy […]

17% released Palestinian prisoners return to terrorism New York – The head of the Justice Ministry’s Pardons Department, Emmy Palmor, said this week that about 17% of Palestinian prisoners convicted on terror-related offenses who had been freed by Israel later returned to terror activities and conceded “I cannot tell you that none of the 250 […]

Abbas hiring these terroristsfor security force New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is opposing the Israeli decision to grant amnesty to 178 Fatah members previously on Israel ‘s wanted list of terrorists. Under the terms of this deal, these Fatah members in Judea and Samaria have agreed to renounce attacks against Israel […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has protested the Israeli government’s continuing failure to protect priceless antiquities beneath Jerusalem’s Temple Mount from being destroyed by the Waqf, the Muslim religious authority controlling the site. The Waqf was allowed by Israel to retain control of the site after Israel reunited eastern Jerusalem with […]

ZOA: Bush learned littlefrom Oslo disaster ZOA President Morton A. Klein said, “The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized President George W. Bush’s speech yesterday for making the same mistakes as President Clinton and the late Prime Minister Rabin made when they promoted the false premise that Yasser Arafat was a moderate peacemaker who […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to a number of substantial factual mistakes regarding the Arab war on Israel contained in the New York Times’ Magazine guest columnist Roger Cohen’s profile of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni ( New York Times, July 8). In his article, Cohen claims the following: “Livni brought out […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is opposing the decision yesterday of the Ehud Olmert’s government to release 250 Palestinian Arab prisoners belonging to Fatah, the terrorist group co-founded by Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas. The Olmert government says that those being released will be members of Fatah […]