NEW YORK – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) agrees with Israeli Minister Natan Sharansky, who said that if we “give them (the Palestinian Authority) independence. If that is what we do, then we will find that we have given independence not to a democratic state, but to a terrorist state. That is an important […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly condemned the first speech of Mahmoud Abbas, newly-elected leader of the Palestinian Authority where he said, “We offer this victory to the soul of brother martyr Yasir Arafat and to our martyrs (suicide bombers) and to 11,000 prisoners” in Israeli jails. He also said, “the little […]

New York – Yesterday 34 Israeli IDF officers, including four battalion commanders, sent a letter to Col. Mickey Edelstein, commander of the Binyamin District Brigade, stating: “We think that every order to execute the disengagement is a blatantly illegal order, with the black flag of illegality wavering over it. Soldiers are forbidden to carry out […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly condemned Mahmoud Abbas’ statement in Gaza yesterday labeling Israel as the “Zionist enemy.” (Abbas is the likely future President of the PA.) The term “Zionist enemy” is used by radical extremists and Arab terrorists who oppose Israel’s right to exist. The Vice Prime Minister of […]

NEW YORK – In a recent statement issued by Jesse Jackson, Sr., founder and President of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, he stated: “We grieve the passing of the leader and father of the Palestinian people, Yasir Arafat. He did much during his life on earth; his legacy will live forever…against the odds, he built a people […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Palestinian Authority TV for broadcasting a show in which the founder of Al Quds Encyclopedia, Dr. Hassan Kohata, cited the Hadith (Religious Islamic writings attributed to Mohammed) saying, “The Hour (Day of Resurrection) will not arrive until you fight the Jews (until a Jew will […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) condemned a speech Palestinian Authority Leader Mahmoud Abas gave at a Fatah Rally in Gaza yesterday. (Fatah is a Palestinian terror group responsible for a large proportion of Israelis murdered in the last four years.) Abbas, the likely future President of the Palestinian Authority said, “Everything Yasir […]

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon publicly acknowledged that even in the post-Arafat era, the Palestinian Authority is doing nothing to halt terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians in and around the Gaza Strip, even though it has the means to do so. In fact the attacks are intensifying. In a joint news conference Wednesday, Dec. 22 […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly condemns the recent statements by the so-called new “moderate” Arab Palestinian leaders, Mahmoud Abbas and Ahmed Qurei, praising both the goals and the principles of Yasir Arafat. Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, Arafat’s Deputy for over 40 years, is expected to win the election on January […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly opposes Prime Minister Sharon’s plan to release 170 Palestinian Arab prisoners in a “goodwill gesture” to Egypt and the Palestinian Authority. Most of these prisoners are members of Arafat’s terrorist group Fatah, whose members have committed a substantial proportion of the terrorism against Israelis since the Arab terror […]