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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

New York — The Zionist Organization of America criticized the Abbas referendum document as a clear retreat from the Palestinian Authority obligations under the Oslo agreement; as promoting and supporting terrorism against Israeli Jews (“resistance”); promoting the non-starter right of return issue; promoting the release of Arab terrorists from prison, while not recognizing Israel’s right […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and Likud MK Yuval Steinitz, the former chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, have criticized the decision of the Israeli government of Ehud Olmert to transfer weaponry and ammunition to the presidential guard of Palestinian Authority (PA) chief, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). According […]