The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has commended the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman, Tzahi Hanegbi (Kadima) and former Officer Commanding Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Ground Forces, Maj.-Gen. Yiftah Ron-Tal, for courageously acknowledging the truth that last year’s Israeli unilateral withdrawal from Gaza was mistake. Hanegbi has said that Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from […]

Arafat’s Words Meant Nothing –Neither Would Hamas’ New York — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, for urging the Palestinian Islamist terrorist group Hamas to cooperate with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in forming a unity government. Negotiations between Abbas and the Hamas/PA government on forming a […]

New York – Yuval Diskin, the head of Israel’s security service, Shin Bet, has told the Israeli Cabinet that Egypt is ignoring Palestinian weapons smuggling into Gaza from Egypt. Diskin said that since Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in August 2005, an estimated 19 tons of military grade explosives have been smuggled into Gaza from […]

New York – Lebanese officials have disclosed that the Islamist terrorist group, Hizballah, is moving rockets into Palestinian camps in southern Lebanon and rebuilding its network of bunkers just a few miles from the Israeli border only weeks since the conclusion of the recent Lebanon war. The officials said that the office of Lebanese Prime […]

57% support terrorism, 75% support kidnappings New York – A new poll has found that nearly two-thirds of Palestinian Arabs — 63% — are inspired by Hizballah’s recent rocket offensive against Israeli cities and hope to emulate them. This finding is similar to the level of support for copying Hizballah’s methods that were found in […]

Gaza withdrawal supporters wrongly predicted increased security New York – The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz, has stated that “The IDF will definitely have to operate in Gaza.” Speaking at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday, Halutz said that Palestinian Arab terrorist groups in Gaza continue to accumulate […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized President George W. Bush for praising Palestinian Authority (PA) president, Mahmoud Abbas, as a moderate who is “willing to speak out and act on behalf of people who yearn for peace” and whom he “can’t thank enough for the courage you have shown” (White […]

By Morton A. Klein, National PresidentZionist Organization of America A serious problem which has been overlooked for years in Israel is the disloyalty of several Israeli Arab members of the Knesset. What is the appropriate response to Israeli Arab Members of Knesset (MKs) who urge the leader of the Islamist terrorist group Hizballah, Sheikh Hassan […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is running a series of 60-second radio ads on prime time LA radio talk shows exposing Muslim radical Maher Hathout, a senior advisor to the Muslim Public Affairs Council, who is scheduled to receive the Los Angeles Human Rights Commission Humanitarian Award, as an apologist for […]

New York — The New York Times reported that Pope Benedict XVI spoke at the University of Regensburg in Germany stating that “violence embodied in the Muslim idea of Jihad, or holy war, is contrary to reason and G-d’s Plan.” Ian Fisher, NY Times reporter, wrote “the speech seemed to reflect the Vatican’s struggle over […]