The Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) Center for Law and Justice recently filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in support of the claims of an Egyptian Jewish family against the Coca-Cola Company and its subsidiary. The property of Raphael, Ferial and Bahia Bigio — a brother, sister and mother — had been […]

New York – Palestinian Authority (PA) chief, Mahmoud Abbas, condemned last month’s terrorist attack in Amman, Jordan, as a “crime against humanity” but made no similar moral condemnation of yesterday’s terrorist attack in Netanya, which killed five Israelis and wounded over 30 more. At the time of the Amman bombings, Abbas expressed “his deep condolences” […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commissioned a poll of 500 adult Israelis by the respected Israeli pollster Smith Research and Consulting on November 30, 2005. The results showed that by a margin of 67% to 28% Israelis oppose “carrying out unilateral withdrawals from Judea and Samaria if after the elections it […]

130 rockets hit Israelsince evacuationNew York – Senior Israeli political and military figures are expressing deep concern about the massive deterioration of Israeli security on the Gaza borders. The Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Yuval Steinitz yesterday accused Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz of leaving Israel open […]

Bush mentioned Jordan, S Arabia,Iraq as victims — not Israel New York – The ZOA has expressed deep concern that President George W. Bush, in a major speech in Annapolis yesterday, omitted any mention of the Jewish state of Israel when referring to countries that have been victim of Islamist terrorism. Israel is of course […]

PA allows Hamas leaders into Gaza New York – The Israeli Defense Minister Sha’ul Mofaz warned the Palestinian Authority (PA) today that if proper control over the Egypt-Gaza border is not put in place, then Israel will close the Israel-Gaza border. Following a visit to the Rafah and Kerem Shalom checkpoints between Gaza and neighboring […]

New York – Yesterday, Palestinians fired Qassam rockets and mortars at Israeli population centers in a serious attempt to murder Jews and destroy Jewish property; yet, despite promises by senior Israeli officials months ago to use overwhelming force if terrorism continues after the Gaza withdrawal, Israel’s only response was to fire back at empty fields […]

New York – Months ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon refused to rule out leaving the Likud party. Therefore it should not have come as a complete shock that Sharon had finally decided to leave Likud and start a new party. Nonetheless, this decision by Sharon strongly indicates that he may have decided to continue […]

Eli Hertz &Jeff Wiesenfeld Honorees New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is pleased to announce that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton will be the Keynote Speaker at the annual ZOA Louis Brandeis Award Dinner. He will also receive ZOA’s Defender of Israel award. Caroline Glick, the Deputy Managing Editor […]

New York — The Zionist Organization of America’s Campus Activism Network launched a new pro-Israel student magazine called The College Zionist, which ZOA will distribute to over 100 campuses nationwide. The magazine was organized and compiled by ZOA’s Director of Campus Activities, Julie Sager and published by the Zionist Organization of America. It was created […]