“Israel’s military deterrence was damaged”in Hizballah war The head of the Mossad (Israel’s intelligence service), Meir Dagan, has stated that Syria is “more willing now than ever before” to take military action against Israel. Addressing the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday, Dagan said that as a result of the recent Lebanon war Syria […]

WASHINGTON — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commended the passage of S. 2370, the 2006 Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act in the closing days of the 109th Congress. “We commend the Congress,” said Morton A. Klein, National President of the ZOA, “for the recent House passage of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act (PATA) of 2006. This bipartisan […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the Israeli High Court of Justice’s decision today which permits Palestinian Arab residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza to file lawsuits against Israel for damages sustained during Israel Defense Forces (IDF) counter-terrorist operations, thereby nullifying a 2005 Knesset law. This High Court ruling allows […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has applauded to of the nation’s foremost national security experts, US Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and former CIA Director under President Clinton, R. James Woolsey, for urging President George W. Bush to repudiate the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) Report produced under the co-chairmanship […]

Implementing Baker Report will cripple war on Islamist terror The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly criticized the Iraq Study Group Report, produced under the co-chairmanship of former Secretary of State James Baker and former Democratic Congressman Lee Hamilton, for ignoring 13 years of Palestinian terrorism, incitement to hatred and murder of Israelis by […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned former President Jimmy Carter’s latest book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, as inaccurate, shallow and vicious. The book is but the latest in decades of attacks upon Israel by the former President. Examples of Carter’s distortions, inaccuracies and hostility in this book include: Carter: “The overriding problem is […]

New York – The ZOA and others have opposed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declaring a ceasefire with Hamas and the other the Palestinian Arab terror groups, offering renewed talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA)/Hamas to lead to giving land and other major Israeli concessions, including the creation of a Palestinian/Hamas state and the forcible […]

New York – The official Palestinian Authority (PA) newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida has published a vicious anti-Semitic article that includes many of the classic anti-Semitic libels including claims that Jews start wars to promote their own grab for power and control international finance and media. In the article, Muhammad Khalifa, a columnist from the United Arab […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has opposed the Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, authorizing the transfer of 5,000 rifles to Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas’ Presidential Guard ( Jerusalem Post, November 1). This latest move to bolster the forces of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah against Hamas follows on a similar arms transfer in May […]

by Morton A. Klein I’ve heard and read many speeches on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Those made by well-known, hostile critics of Israel always caused me great pain by their use of hyperbole, absurd analogies and outright falsehoods against Israel. But I was not prepared for this type of speech by an American secretary of state. […]