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 […]

New York – The ZOA has praised President George W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and members of Congress for stating clearly that, following the Nazi-like Hamas party’s victory in last week’s Palestinian legislative elections, the United States continues to regard Hamas as a terrorist organization with which the US won’t deal and would […]

New York – New troubling facts have been discovered concerning the background of controversial Brandeis University academic Khalil Shikaki. Shikaki is a Senior Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis. He is also Director of the Palestine Center for Policy and Survey Research. It has now come to our attention that […]

New York – The strong Nazi-like Hamas party victory in the Palestinian Arab elections makes it clear that the approach used by Israel, and the US since Oslo began was flawed. The US and Israel emphasized making one-sided land concessions by Israel, providing substantial monies to the Palestinian Authority (PA), and pushing for elections by […]

New York – Veteran prize-winning Israeli journalist for the Ha’aretz newspaper, Danny Rubenstein, told a group of Jewish leaders discussing the Palestinian elections that Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria last year boosted Hamas’ standing in Palestinian society and strongly helped Hamas win this election. Rubenstein’s statement was made in response to a […]