Background: On June 24, 2002, President Bush set forth the conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill in order to merit U.S. support for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Among the major obligations are that the Palestinian Arabs must “dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,” “end incitement,” “elect new leaders not compromised by terror,” and […]

NEW YORK- In an appeal to Israeli Knesset Members in advance of next week’s vote on the Gaza retreat plan, the Zionist Organization of America has reminded them that there is no evidence the United States will stop supporting Israel if the Gaza retreat plan is rejected. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said: “As […]

NEW YORK- A new public opinion poll has found that 57% of Israelis oppose unilateral Israeli retreat from Gaza unless the plan is supported by a majority of the public in a national referendum. The poll, commissioned by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), was taken on October 18 and 19, 2004 by Israel’s leading […]

NEW YORK- The State Department has criticized the Palestinian Authority for failing to arrest the terrorists who murdered three Americans in Gaza last year — but once again, the State Department has offered only verbal condemnation and has taken no concrete steps to pressure the PA. Noting that October 15 was the anniversary of the […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly condemns the U.S. Presbyterian Church leaders who this week held friendly meetings with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and a Hezbollah terrorist leader in Syrian-occupied Lebanon. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein: “This is the height of hypocrisy: these Presbyterian officials hold friendly meetings with a brutal […]

NEW YORK- The Israeli Army expects that if Israel unilaterally withdraws from Gaza, then Gaza may become “a terrorist entity where anarchy prevails,” according to documents obtained by the Israeli daily Ma’ariv. The Ma’ariv report (October 15, 2004) quotes from internal Israeli Army documents outlining the army’s plans and expectations in the event of a […]

NEW YORK- Jewish students at the University of California at Irvine are being subjected to harassment, intimidation and discrimination, according to an official complaint sent by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)’s Center for Law and Justice to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act […]

Background: On June 24, 2002, President Bush set forth the conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill in order to merit U.S. support for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Among the major obligations are that the Palestinian Arabs must “dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,” “end incitement,” “elect new leaders not compromised by terror,” and […]

Is He Urging Arrest of Sharansky and Arens? NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed its dismay at the statement by Israeli President Moshe Katzav that anyone who calls the Gaza retreat plan “a danger to security” or “a mortal blow at the State of Israel” should be “placed behind bars.” ZOA […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply disappointed by Secretary of State Colin Powell’s pressure on Israel to end its counter-terror actions in Gaza “quickly,” rather than after they have eliminated the terrorists. Israeli forces entered Palestinian Authority-ruled areas of Gaza on September 30 in pursuit of the terrorists who have been […]