New York – A Bir Zeit University poll, carried out earlier this month and released in recent days, shows that nearly two-thirds of Palestinians support the non-recognition policy towards Israel pursued by the Hamas/Palestinian Authority (PA) government. Specifically, the poll posed 1,200 Palestinians a choice between Hamas rejecting recognizing Israel or its recognizing Israel and […]

New York – The ZOA has criticized the Israeli government for planning to uproot 21 illegal Jewish outposts while ignoring the far more extensive illegal Arab housing in east Jerusalem and across Judea and Samaria. This week, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Jewish community leaders in Judea and Samaria that Jewish settlers who break […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has renewed its criticism of the Israeli decision last month to transfer weapons to Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mamhoud Abbas’ presidential guard, Force 17, after a senior Force 17 member, Abu Yousuf, did not deny that such weapons had been used in two recent terrorist attacks […]

June 14, 2006 – Morton A. Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America and William Devlin, former Presbyterian elder and evangelical Christian leader, released the following statement: “Leaders of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) are gathering this week in Birmingham, Alabama. A central issue they will be considering is whether or not to […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly protested the reported new pressure on Israel by U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer regarding security measures around Jerusalem area. According to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz (June 4, 2004), Ambassador Kurtzer met recently with Baruch Spiegel, a senior aide to Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz. “Kurtzer asked that […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations (CPMJO) for its critical analysis and fact sheet on Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas’ ‘Prisoner’s Document,’ formulated by jail terrorist and proposed by Abbas for referendum. This document is a prescription for more terrorism, not […]

It seems you can’t read an article about the Arab-Israeli conflict these days without someone promoting and praising the National Accord Document, formulated by jailed Palestinian terrorists and proposed for a referendum by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority. The New York Times, for one, called it the “Palestinian Peace Plan.” But, in fact, […]

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 […]