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Israeli Support For Gaza Withdrawal Plan Drops To 54%

Sharon Stops ArabPrisoner ReleaseNew York – The New York Times reported today that an Israeli opinion poll “on Friday put support for Sharon’s plan to pull out of Gaza at 54% down from 61% three weeks ago.” The pull-quote of the New York Times article was “Support fades for Sharon’s Plan to Withdraw from Gaza.” […]

Wall Street Journal: Gaza Withdrawal Divides Israel’s Military

10,000 Soldiers SayNo to ParticipationNew York – On Tuesday, May 3, 2005, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ran a front page article entitled, “In Israel, Pullout From Gaza Divides Its Military, Too,” the subheading was, “(Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief) General Harel tries to overcome resistance among troops.” The WSJ article stated that, “after decades […]

Minister Sharansky Quits Sharon’s Government To Protest Tragic Mistake of Gaza Withdrawal Plan

New York – Natan Sharansky, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Jerusalem, today resigned from the cabinet of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to protest his strong opposition to the Gaza withdrawal plan. The Sharon/Peres Gaza Withdrawal Plan will hand over the Jewish section of Gaza to the Palestinians (this is only 12% of Gaza – […]

Arab Druze Knesset Member: Gaza Plan Is Bad For Israel Security – Great For Hamas Terrorists

NEW YORK: Ayoob Kara, a Druze Arab Knesset member of the Likud Party, told the World Net Daily that “This Gaza withdrawal is going to be terrible for Israel security. Hamas is going to become dominant as soon as Israel leaves Gaza, and they will use the land they’re receiving to stage more attacks against […]

ADL’s Poll Results Supporting Gaza Withdrawal Are Meaningless

NEW YORK – The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has released a poll last week showing that a majority of Americans support the Gaza withdrawal plan, while about 25% of Americans are opposed. ADL took out large ads in papers throughout the U.S., signed by its National Chair, Barbara Balser, and its National Director, Abraham H. Foxman, […]

Sharon: No Road Map, No Concessions Until Palestinians End Terror And Incitement

In a meeting with American Jewish leaders in Washington, DC yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Sharon said several times that “We are in the pre-Road Map phase, we are not in the phase of the Road Map and there will be no compromise and the Road Map won’t start until there is full compliance by the […]

ZOA Criticizes Bush For Condemning Jewish Construction In Territories While Ignoring Palestinian Construction

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) today criticized President Bush for explicitly stating at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday, April 11, 2005, that there must be no “Israeli expansion of settlements.” Nonetheless, President Bush made no demand that the Palestinians must end their illegal construction in Judea & Samaria […]

ZOA And Young Israel Part Of 50-Person Delegation Visiting Beautiful Jewish Community In Gaza And Shomron

A delegation of over 50 Americans visited the beautiful beach front Jewish communities in Gush Katif/Gaza for a Shabbos weekend April 8th and 9th. The Mission also visited all four Jewish communities in the Shomron (West Bank) area that are scheduled to be evacuated along with the Israeli Jews of Gush Katif. The group toured […]

Israel Military Intelligence Chief: Abbas Moving Terrorists From Gaza To West Bank

NEW YORK – Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Aharon Ze’evi Farkash testified before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee stating that Palestinian Arabs are moving terrorists and its infrastructure from Gaza to Judea and Samaria. This may well be happening due to the Arab conviction that Israel is leaving Gaza and forcefully deporting 9000 Jews […]

ZOA Dismayed By ADL’s Statements Undermining Efforts To Stop Israel Bashing And Anti-Semitism At UCI Campus

NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is currently investigating allegations that Jewish students at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have been subjected to a long pattern of harassment and intimidation on campus, and that the university administration has turned a blind eye to this conduct. The investigation […]