WASHINGTON — On January 9th, 2007, Congressman Steven Rothman (D-NJ) and Congressman Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced House Concurrent Resolution 21, (H.Con.Res.) “calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because […]

Olmert cancels community in Yesha for Gaza Jews New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has opposed the payment of $100 million to Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) announced today by the Israeli government of Ehud Olmert. Simultaneously, Israel announced that the construction of an approved Jewish community at Maskiot, which was to […]

U.S. Sen. Specter & Major Jewish Umbrella Group Criticize Abbas New York — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized Sec’y of State Condoleezza Rice for strongly praising Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas days after Abbas addressed a huge rally of his Fatah supporters in Ramallah, urging them to stop killing each other […]

New York – A new survey has found that Israeli Arab support for Israel is low and has dropped significantly since last year’s Lebanon war. The survey, conducted by Prof. Ephraim Yaar, Head of the Evens Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution at Tel Aviv University, and Efrat Peleg, showed that Israeli Arabs respondents rated […]

ZOA asks Brandeis to cancel Carter invitation New York — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, in his new book, Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid , “flatly condones mass-murder” of Israeli Jews by Palestinian Arab terrorists, in the words of the New York Post editorial (January 15, 2007). He made the following statement in his book which […]

Iran’s Ahmadinejad would be proud of Abbas’ speech New York – Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas made in speech to a rally of his Fatah supporters calling on Palestinians to stop killing each other and to murder Israeli Jews instead. Addressing a huge rally of 250,000 in Ramallah in honor of the 42nd anniversary […]

Former UN Amb. Bolton:US must act to disarm Hizballah New York — The head of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Military Intelligence, Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin, said this week that the Lebanese terrorist group Hizballah is rebuilding itself and rearming while the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which was supposed to bring security to […]

New York: A new Israeli poll has found that an overwhelming 77% of Israelis are dissatisfied with the performance of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The poll of 420 Israelis, taken by the Dahaf Institute, showed 47% of respondents ranking Olmert’s performance as “very poor” and 30% ranking his performance as “fairly bad.” Only 20% graded […]

69% of Israelis – Palestinianswant to destroy Israel 68% of Israelis — peace not possible New York: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has publicly acknowledged that Israel’s past unilateral withdrawals from southern Lebanon and Gaza have both brought violence which has convinced him that there is no point in Israel undertaking any further such withdrawals. […]

Palestinian Arabs mourn murderous Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein New York – Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas has publicly praised the executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, in a statement read on PA television and radio, saying, “Saddam Hussein has entered history as a symbol of state nationalism and Pan-Arab nationalism who helped the Palestinian revolution.” […]