Terrorists belonging to Fatah, the Palestinian party (part of the terrorist PLO) co-founded by Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Authority (PA) chief, Mahmoud Abbas (now sole head), carried out two drive-by shootings in Judea and Samaria on Sunday, killing three Israelis and wounding five more, two of them critically. In response, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz cut […]

The Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz, has stated that Israel has a military option to defeat terrorism and bring it down “very close to zero.” In a detailed interview, Halutz disagrees with the tired argument that there is no military solution to the problem of terrorism. He has said that only […]

New York – After the disastrous earthquake in Pakistan killing over 20,000 people, President Pervez Musharraf “made an urgent televised appeal on Sunday for international aid.” (New York Times – 10/10/05) Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom reported that “Israel immediately offered humanitarian aid to Pakistan, but that Israel’s offer has gone unanswered.” (Jerusalem Post – […]

New York – The ZOA has applauded President Bush’s recent address to the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, D.C., in which he explicitly identified the ideology of “evil Islamic radicalism”, “militant jihadism” and “Islamo-fascism” as the driving force of radical Islamic terrorist groups with whom we are at war. President Bush called for no […]

New York — In an address last week to the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies, Maj. Gen. Aharon Zeevi-Farkash, the head of Israeli military intelligence, disclosed that Al Qaeda operatives entered Gaza from Egypt following Israel’s withdrawal. Zeevi-Farkash also said that during the ten days after the withdrawal, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian terrorist […]

New York — As part of the ZOA-initiated Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2005, the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 25 will be conducting hearings into materials bearing the seal of the government of Saudi Arabia inciting Muslims to acts of violence and promoting hatred of Jews and Christians, as well as Saudi materials describing […]

New York – The ZOA has applauded the recent official British statement on the correctness of Israeli counter-terrorism measures and the possibility of serious consequences for the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it fails to act to end terrorism and urged the Bush Administration to do the same. The British Minister of State for the Middle […]

1,000 Israelis killed6,000 wounded in 26,000 terrorist attacks New York — Do Israelis feel better off today than before the Oslo process began? Today is the fifth anniversary of the vicious terrorist war against Israel launched by the Palestinian Authority (PA) on September 29, 2000. During this tragic five-year period, 1,060 Israelis have been killed […]

Background: On June 24, 2002, President Bush set forth the conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill in order to merit U.S. support for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Among the major obligations are that the Palestinian Arabs must “dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,” “end incitement,” “elect new leaders not compromised by terror,” and […]

New York – The ZOA has called on the Bush Administration to give clear backing to Israeli counter-terrorist measures in Judea/Samaria and Gaza, instead of making statements calling for both sides to “maintain calm” in the wake of a new wave of attacks by Palestinian terrorist groups upon Israel from Gaza over the weekend. Between […]