NEW YORK – The Zionist Organization of America today praised Harvard University for deciding to return a $2.5 million donation by Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The contribution was intended to endow a chair of Islamic studies at one of America’s most prestigious institutions of higher education. However; […]

New York — A senior leader of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, Ismail Haneya, has described the upcoming Israeli withdrawal/expulsion of 10,000 Jews from their homes, schools, synagogues, farms and businesses in Gaza and Northern Samaria as “a national achievement.” In an interview, Haneya was quoted as saying, “Hamas sees in the Israeli withdrawal from […]

New York — An 83-page report, “Palestinian Security Assessment,” conducted by the Strategic Assessments Initiative, a Washington-based security analysis and conflict resolution think tank, in coordination with General William E. Ward, the American coordinator of the effort to overhaul Palestinian security apparatus and the PA, has concluded that the PA security forces are “divided, weak, […]

New York — Palestinian news organizations have praised a terrorist attack over the weekend which killed two Israelis and wounded several others. The Voice of Palestine radio and Palestinian state television described the weekend murder of Dov and Rahel Kol and the wounding of several more civilians by Palestinian terrorists as acts of resistance and […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has again strongly criticized U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for dangerous and unreasonable demands she is making on Israel. In an article by senior journalist Yoel Marcus of the prestigious left-wing Israel daily Ha’aretz, he quotes inside sources who attended Rice’s meeting with Israeli Prime […]

New York — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has voiced grave concern at the failure of Pope Benedict XVI to mention Israel among the countries he named suffering from terrorism. The countries mentioned in his Sunday sermon were Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and Great Britain. The papal spokesman, Dr. Joaquín Navarro Valls, has responded to […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly criticized U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s undeserved praise of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Mahmoud Abbas’ “important steps cracking down on violence” especially at a time when Palestinian Arab terrorist attacks against Israelis are actually increasing, and also expressed deep concern of Rice’s chastising […]

WASHINGTON — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) announced its strong support for President Bush’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, currently the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. The ZOA calls on the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support the President’s nominee and move […]

New York – A major new Israeli poll carried out by the Tel Aviv University Institute for Media, Society, and Politics show that only 48% of Israelis support the Gaza withdrawal plan. Researchers Dr. Yari Tsfati and Dr. Yoram Peri took the survey questioning a random sample of 519 Israelis. Drs. Tsfati and Peri said […]

Washington — The Zionist Organization of America is pleased to announce that legislation including the most stringent reporting and compliance requirements to date on U.S. aid to the Palestinians passed the House of Representatives Wednesday evening by an overwhelming margin of 351 to 78. A crucial amendment, sponsored by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV) and Congressman […]