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ZOA Protests U.S. Ambassador Pressuring Israel To Reduce Security Measures Around Jerusalem

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly protested the reported new pressure on Israel by U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer regarding security measures around Jerusalem area. According to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz (June 4, 2004), Ambassador Kurtzer met recently with Baruch Spiegel, a senior aide to Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz. “Kurtzer asked that […]

Abbas’ Plan Is Prescription For Terror Not Peace

It seems you can’t read an article about the Arab-Israeli conflict these days without someone promoting and praising the National Accord Document, formulated by jailed Palestinian terrorists and proposed for a referendum by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority. The New York Times, for one, called it the “Palestinian Peace Plan.” But, in fact, […]

Major Israeli Columnist: Olmert Plan Will Increase Violence

New York – Ari Shavit, the distinguished columnist for the major Israeli daily, Ha’aretz, said today, “the basic law of the Israeli – Palestinian jungle is that an Israeli withdrawal does not diminish the conflict, but instead exacerbates it.” (Ha’aretz, June 12, 2006). Other quotes from Shavit article: “The unilateralist strategy was never accepted by […]

Ha’aretz Poll – Only 37% Of Israelis Support Olmert’s Unilateral Withdrawal Plan

Follow Up Flag: Follow upFlag Status: Red A June 7 poll conducted for the Ha’aretz newspaper shows that only 37% of Israelis support Ehud Olmert’s plan to carry out further unilateral withdrawals in Judea and Samaria, while 56% of the Israeli public opposes the plan. The poll of 515 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) was […]

Egypt’s Mubarak & Jordan’s Prince Hassan Oppose Olmert Plan For Further Israel Unilateral Withdrawals

Many others criticize Olmert plan New York – Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak and Jordan’s Prince Hassan have expressed opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s plan for further Israeli unilateral withdrawals in Judea and Samaria. Hassan has additionally warned that the plan if implemented could entail dire consequences for Jordan and the region. Mubarak and […]

Outgoing Israel Security Chief Eiland: Gaza Retreat Achieved Nothing – Neither Will Olmert Retreat – Palestinian State Won’t Work

No Gov’t Discussion Before or After Gaza New York – In an interview with the leading Israeli daily Ha’aretz (June 4), outgoing head of National Security Council, General Giora Eiland described the Gaza retreat/evacuation plan as “contributing nothing to the solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Eiland added that Olmert’s Judea & Samaria retreat/evacuation plan “does […]

ZOA Agrees With Former CIA Head James Woolsey – Israel’s Unilateral Concessions Have “Failed Utterly”

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly supported the analysis by R. James Woolsey, who served under President Clinton as Director of the CIA, that Israel’s policy of making unilateral concessions to its enemies has “failed utterly.” Mr. Woolsey is now a Distinguished Advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies […]

Israel Nobel Laureate Tells ZOA: Olmert Plan Is Morally Repugnant & Victory For Terror

Aumann criticizes Israeli suppression of free speech New York – Professor Robert Aumann, 2005 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, who is also a Professor of Mathematics, founder of the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, yesterday addressed a […]

Abbas Condemns Israeli Retaliation Against Terrorists While Naming Terrorist As Head Of Security Force

New York – Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas today condemned Israel for retaliating against Palestinian terrorists in Gaza last night while also naming a wanted terrorist and murderer, Mahmoud Damra, as head of the Palestinian security force, Force 17, in Judea and Samaria. Abbas was described as condemning as a “barbarous slaughter” the killing […]

ZOA Condemns Vote For Academic Boycott Of Israel By British Lecturers’ Union

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the vote of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) in favor of a boycott of Israeli lecturers and academic institutions that do not publicly dissociate themselves from what they describe as Israel’s “apartheid policies.” Delegates at the conference of […]