New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly applauded President Bush for stating forthrightly that the United States takes seriously Iran’s threats to Israel and will “use military might to protect our ally Israel” if Iran attempts to act. President Bush, delivering a detailed speech in Cleveland yesterday on developments in Iraq […]

New York – The ZOA has described as ludicrous the call by Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas for Hamas to accept existing agreements entered into with Israel by the PA, saying that this falsely implies that the PA under Abbas and Fatah previously complied with PA undertakings under these agreements. The agreements signed by […]

New York – The ZOA has condemned recent moves within the European Union (EU) to legitimize the Palestinian Islamist terrorist movement, Hamas, which won Palestinian legislative elections last January. In what appears to be a crack in the formal EU position of not dealing with Hamas until it recognizes Israel and ceases terrorism, the EU’s […]

New York – A report from the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center of Tel Aviv’s Center for Special Studies (CSS) which examines new Palestinian fifth and tenth grade Palestinian school textbooks shows that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is educating Palestinian youth for conflict with an Israel it does not accept. The CSS examined 29 new […]

New York – The ZOA has expressed concern that US policy on not dealing with and funding Hamas/Palestinian Authority (PA) is being eroded and has urged the Bush Administration to confirm unambiguously its ongoing commitment to that policy. The ZOA’s call follows a detailed exchange on the issue of Hamas in a State Department daily […]

New York – Uri Dan, a veteran journalist and confidante of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for some fifty years, has written that Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s intention to carry out further unilateral withdrawals if the Kadima Party he heads wins the forthcoming Israeli elections contradicts Sharon’s policy. Olmert has repeatedly stated that he will […]

New York – Hamas, the Islamist terrorist movement that calls in its Charter for the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews and which will form the new Palestinian Authority (PA) government following its victory in the PA legislative elections in January, now maintains a website for children that glorifies and encourages suicide terrorism. […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the Saudi Arabian government for violating a pledge given to the Bush Administration last November to drop its economic boycott of Israel by arranging to host next week a major international conference aimed at promoting and perpetuating the boycott. Saudi Arabia made this promise […]

New York – A new interview broadcast on the official Palestinian Authority (PA) television shows the support of Palestinian mothers for suicide terrorism carried out by their children. The interview features the mother of Wafa Al-Bas, a 21-year-old Palestinian woman who was arrested at the Erez border crossing in June 2005 with a 20-pound bomb […]

New York – The ZOA is expressing concern over the continuing erosion of Israel’s deterrent posture by failing to deal with the barrage of rocket fire launched by Palestinian terrorist groups from Gaza since Israel’s withdrawal last year and agree with former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon who stated yesterday […]