New York – The ZOA has described as a disgrace the nomination for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film Category for the film ‘Paradise Now’, made by the Dutch-Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, which legitimizes Palestinian suicide bombers. ‘Paradise Now’ tells the story of two Palestinians, Said and Khaled, recruited to carry out suicide bombings […]

New York – About 70% of the Israeli public believe that Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria last year did not contribute anything towards peace or have any practical value, according to a poll conducted by the Geocartographic Institute on behalf of Israel Army Radio. In contrast, only 20% pf those polled thought […]

New York – The ZOA has condemned the decision of the General Synod of the Church of England to back a call from the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East for divesting from companies whose products are used by the Israeli government in the Judea and Samaria, such as Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar, a […]

New York – A new poll by respected Israeli pollster Yitzhak Katz of the Maagar Mohots Survey Institute shows that only 35% of all Israelis, (including Israeli Arabs), favor “unilateral withdrawal from Judea and Samaria if the PA doesn’t fight terror.” Among those voting for the Ohlmert Kadima Party, 54% supported further unilateral withdrawals. (Poll […]

New York – In a recent opinion piece, Professor Efraim Inbar, Professor of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University and the Director of the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, analyzes developments within the Palestinian Authority (PA) and concludes that the paradigm of a two-state solution, with a Palestinian state neighboring the state of Israel, is […]

New York – The ZOA opposes the decision of the government of Ehud Olmert to transfer funds totaling $53.2 million (NIS 240 million) to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the wake of Hamas’ victory in last month’s Palestinian Authority (PA) elections. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday agreed to transfer the sum to the PA after […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and its Center for Law and Justice (CLJ) have called on Georgetown University to reconsider its decision to host the Fifth National Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement on February 17-19, 2006. This annual conference — which took place in prior years at other college campuses across the country […]

New York – Yesterday the Israeli government sent armed and mounted riot troops to evacuate the 30 families living in Amona, near the town of Ofra in Judea, and destroy their homes. This was allegedly done in compliance with the moribund so-called “road-map” which former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk this week called “dead.” […]

New York – The ZOA strongly praises President Bush for his Churchill-like stance in confronting the evil of radical Islamic terrorism. In last night’s State of the Union address, President Bush said the following: “In a time of testing, we cannot find security by abandoning our commitments and retreating within our borders. If we were […]

New York – The ZOA has highlighted the gross hypocrisy exhibited by much of the Arab and Muslim worlds in demanding an apology from a Danish newspaper, Jylland-Posten, which published cartoons of Mohammed that offended Muslims, while they routinely demonize Jews, Judaism and the Jewish state of Israel in newspaper cartoons in their societies. The […]