NEW YORK – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised the State Department for acknowledging for the first time that the government of Saudi Arabia is violating religious freedom. The State Department’s recently released annual report, International Religious Freedom Report 2004, designates Saudi Arabia as a “Country of Particular Concern” for engaging in “particularly […]

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- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Bush administration to halt U.S. aid to UNRWA — more than $100-million annually — because of that U.N. agency’s aid to Palestinian Arab terrorists against Israel. Palestinian Arab terrorists were this week videotaped loading what appears to be a rocket into a UNRWA (United […]

NEW YORK- A bipartisan group of thirteen Members of Congress has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging the shutdown of anti-Israel divestment campaigns, because they violate U.S. laws regarding the Arab boycott of Israel. The letter was initiated by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). It was led by U.S. Representatives […]

NEW YORK- The Israeli-American woman murdered by Palestinian Arab terrorists in Gaza last week was the 52nd such U.S. victim since the signing of the Oslo accords in 1993. Tiferet Tratner, 24, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, was killed when Palestinian Arabs fired a rocket into the town of Neve Dekalim on September 23, 2004. Of […]

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- A senior Israeli official has said that Egypt’s policy is to promote Palestinian Arab terrorism against Israel, and the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Bush administration to suspend U.S. aid to Egypt until the Egyptians change their policy. Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, who is chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs […]

NEW YORK- A senior Palestinian Authority official has for the first time publicly acknowledged that the PA knows the identity of the terrorists who murdered three Americans in Gaza last year — but he says the PA will not arrest them. Musa Arafat, the head of PA Military Intelligence and a cousin of PA chairman […]

NEW YORK- A new poll has found that more than two-thirds of Israelis now support the holding of a national referendum on the proposal to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza. The poll, conducted by the Teleseker firm for the Israeli daily Ma’ariv on September 13, 2004, found that 69% of Israelis want a national referendum on […]

NEW YORK- While supporters of the Gaza retreat plan have claimed that an Israeli withdrawal will put a halt to international pressure against Israel for more concessions, French leaders have “laughed” at Israel’s expectation that they will stop their pressure. Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin told the Israeli newspaper Hatzofeh (Sept.15, 2004) that during his last […]