Following the failure of Pope Benedict XVI in his Sunday sermon a week ago to include mention of Israel among a number of countries he named recently hit by terrorism, the Vatican has responded sharply to criticism from Israel. The Vatican statement says, “It’s not always possible to immediately follow every attack against Israel with […]

After the tragic mistake of Oslo, it is perplexing to see another tragic mistake taking place — the Israel government giving away the Jewish sections of Gaza and northern Samaria, and the forced uprooting of 10,000 Jewish men, women and children from their homes, schools, synagogues, farms and businesses. This unilateral withdrawal does nothing less […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized President Bush’s Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for aggressively demanding that Israel transfer combat-support equipment, weapons and ammunition to the Palestinian Authority (PA) armed forces, while at the same time demanding that Israel “exercise restraint in responding to terror.” According to a report by Eliel Shahar in […]

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 – 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 — 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 […]