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Urgent Emergency Meeting For Gush Katif/Gaza Tuesday, April 5, 7:00 P.M. Westside Institutional Synagogue, NYC

Member Of Knesset Yuli Edelstein, Mayor of Gush Katif Avner Shimoni, Press Representative for Gush Katif, Dror Vanunu, and resident of Gush Katif Moshe Saperstein will be the guest speakers at the Westside Institutional Synagogue, 120 West 76th Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues) in New York City on Tuesday evening, April 5, at 7:00 […]

ZOA Condemns Columbia University Whitewash Of Israel Bashing There

NEW YORK – A Columbia University ad-hoc faculty committee charged with investigating complaints of Israel bashing, anti-Semitism, and intimidation of pro-Israel students by professors, reported today that it found “no evidence of any statements made by the faculty that could be construed as anti-Semitic” and actually criticized pro-Israel students for disrupting lectures on Middle East […]

Palestinian Police Smuggle Missiles To Gaza ZOA To Bush: Stop US Aid To Palestinian Authority

NEW YORK – Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz yesterday condemned the Palestinian military intelligence agency of Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) for smuggling Stella shoulder fired missiles into Gaza. Mofaz stated they pose a threat to Israeli aircraft and that this action “crosses a red line.” Mofaz added “there’s a big gap between Abbas’ intentions […]

ZOA: Sharon’s Drop To 8th Place As Choice By Likud For PM Is Due To Evacuation Plan

NEW YORK – In a survey released this week by Israel’s Midgam polling company in conjunction with Radius radio, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has dropped to 8th place as choice for PM among Likud Central Committee members. The poll was based on 401 members of the Likud Central Committee. Only one month ago ago, polls […]

Abbas: I Will Release Killer Of Israeli Minister And Leader Of Karine-A Weapons Ship Affair

New York – Mahmoud Abbas, Holocaust Denier and chief of the Palestinian Authority (PA), announced today that he plans to release Ahmed Saadat and Fuad Shubaki. (Israel National News, March 15, 2005) Saadat is secretary-general of the PFLP and is responsible for the murder of Rehavam Ze’evi, an Israeli Minister and IDF General. Shubaki led […]

ZOA Launches Ad Campaign To Stop U.S. Money And Concessions To Abbas Until He Retracts Holocaust Denial And Fulfills Road Map

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has launched a major nationwide ad campaign calling to stop $350M in U.S. aid and other concessions to Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), until he publicly retracts and apologizes for his holocaust denial and until he fulfills all of his obligations under the […]

Abbas To Time Magazine: Israel Caused Tel Aviv Bombing, Israel Proper Is His Country, And Welcomes Hamas

New York – Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), said yesterday that “the Israelis are responsible” for the recent Tel Aviv suicide bombing that murdered 5 Israelis and injured dozens more. He asserted this in his first English-language interview since taking office in January. It was published in the March 7, 2005 edition […]

Op-Ed: Holocaust Denier Gets a Free Pass

Published in the Jewish Journal of Los AngelesMarch 4, 2005 Despite the smiling images from Sharm el-Sheikh, the fact is that Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has taken no demonstrable steps to dismantle and disarm the vast Palestinian terror networks, end the incitement or arrest terrorists. And although his rhetoric even after […]

ZOA Helped Initiate And Facilitate Columbia University Conference On Middle East And Academic Integrity

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) helped initiate and facilitate, along with the Columbia University chapter of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) a landmark academic conference entitled, “The Middle East and Academic Integrity on the American Campus.” This major event is being held on Sunday, March 6, 2005, 10AM […]

Former Israel PM Ehud Barak Criticizes Sharon’s Gaza Evacuation Plan And Predicts 75,000 Jews Behind Fence Will Be Evacuated

New York – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset Channel that the Sharon family was “corrupt to the core,” and that “in any other normal country, Sharon would have no longer been in power.” Former PM Barak then added that the impression that Sharon has caved in to terrorism, “shared by Uzi […]