New York – On Saturday, June 18, in an interview with reporters on her plane, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was asked, “Will you engage the Israelis on the settlement issue east of Jerusalem?” She responded by saying, “I will certainly say to the Israelis, which is that the United States has very clear policy […]

New York – Israeli National News reported that Yossi Beilin, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Ami Ayalon and others warn of the dangers – security and diplomatic – that the unilateral retreat/expulsion from Gaza/northern Shomron will create for Israel. Former Labor Party Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, currently not a Knesset Member but the chairman of the extreme left-wing […]

New York – The distinguished and eloquent Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Danny Ayalon will be the featured speaker at the Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) annual Mission to Washington, D.C. on June 21-22. His Excellency Amb. Ayalon will be addressing over 250 ZOA delegates from 20 states, including several dozen students, on issues […]

New York – National Security Adviser General Giora Eiland said this week that the Israeli Government is unprepared for the Gaza/Northern Samaria (Gaza/NSamr) Evacuation Plan, “The impression of disorder that has been created is weakening the government and strengthening the Plan’s opponents.” (Jerusalem Post, 6/8/05) Jewish farmers from Gaza said they also feared that after […]

New York — A poll of 576 Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) sent out by the Maagar Mochot Survey Institute, a major Israeli polling service, reveals that support for the Gaza Evacuation Plan has dropped to 48% of all Israelis. The poll was reported by Israel’s Channel 2 news. Since other polls have shown that an […]

NEW YORK – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly praised President Bush and his administration for “rebuffing the suggestions of some European officials, and continuing to refuse to have contact with the terrorist group Hamas and its leaders even if some of those leaders win elections in Palestinian areas.” “The United States would not […]

New York – The major Israeli newspaper Maariv reported on June 3, 2005 that a new poll shows that support for the Gaza Evacuation Plan has dropped to 50% of all Israelis (less than 50% for Jewish Israelis). Support for the Gaza Plan has been eroding steadily in the last few months. In addition, the […]

New York – In an interview with Israel’s Ha’Aretz newspaper, outgoing Israel Defense Forces Chief General Moshe Ya’alon said that following the Gaza evacuation and removal of 9,000 Jews from their homes, he expects “there will be an eruption. Terrorist attacks of all types: shooting, bombs, suicide bombers, mortars, Quassam rockets…there is a high probability […]

WASHINGTON, DC — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commends U. S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales for moving forward with the mandates of the Koby Mandell Act and the opening of the new office of the Justice Department which will focus on the capture of Palestinian Arabs and other foreign nationals who have harmed […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply disappointed by President Bush’s strong and sometimes troubling public demands of Israel while he praised Holocaust Denier Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and made no real public demands of the PA. In a press conference in the Rose Garden at the […]