The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly condemns the recent statements by the so-called new “moderate” Arab Palestinian leaders, Mahmoud Abbas and Ahmed Qurei, praising both the goals and the principles of Yasir Arafat. Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, Arafat’s Deputy for over 40 years, is expected to win the election on January […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly opposes Prime Minister Sharon’s plan to release 170 Palestinian Arab prisoners in a “goodwill gesture” to Egypt and the Palestinian Authority. Most of these prisoners are members of Arafat’s terrorist group Fatah, whose members have committed a substantial proportion of the terrorism against Israelis since the Arab terror […]

NEW YORK- A prominent leftwing Israeli group has publicly acknowledged that the “main theme” of the Palestinian Authority’s official school textbooks “is that Israel should not exist.” In a statement issued on December 8, 2004, the Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information, headed by Dr. Gershon Baskin, said: “Text books issued by governments are an […]

NEW YORK – While Western media reports are claiming that the Palestinian Authority has stopped inciting against Israel, the PA-controlled media and senior PA officials are still praising terrorists as “heroes” and urging the destruction of Israel, the Zionist Organization of America points out. Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, notes that “in the […]

NEW YORK- While Western media reports are praising the statement by PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas (“Abu Mazen”) opposing the use of “live weaponry” by Palestinian Arabs, little attention has been paid to the fact that in the same statement, Abbas recommended a revival of tactics such as stabbings, firebombings, and stonings. In an interview with […]

Over 800 People Attended NEW YORK- More than 800 people attended the Zionist Organization of America’s national dinner in New York City on December 12, 2004, at which the keynote speaker, U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), pledged to work for implementation of the 1995 law requiring the construction of a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Brownback, […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is asking the Bush administration to clarify whether National Security Council official Elliot Abrams was articulating official U.S. policy when he reportedly said that all of the Jews living beyond the security fence in Judea and Samaria should be transferred out. The Israeli daily Ma’ariv and radio […]

NEW YORK- Palestinian Arab leader Mahmoud Abbas (“Abu Mazen”) has again demanded the “right of return” — the right of millions of Arab “refugees” from around the world to flood into Israel. Abbas is Arafat’s successor as chairman of the PLO. He co-founded the terrorist Fatah movement with Arafat, and is Fatah’s candidate in the […]

NEW YORK- In another demonstration of the post-Arafat Palestinian Authority’s hostility towards both Jews and America, the PA is opposing France’s decision to ban a television station operated by the Hezbollah terrorist group after it aired anti-Semitic statements. In addition to its murders of hundreds of Israelis over the years, Hezbollah carried out the 1983 […]

ZOA Launched 3-YearCampaign Beginning in 2001NEW YORK – The Koby Mandell Act, named for a 13-year old American citizen murdered in Tekoa, Israel by a Palestinian Arab, has passed both houses of Congress. It is part of the FY2005 Omnibus Bill that will soon be signed by President Bush. This bill, initiated by the Zionist […]