NEW YORK — Morton A. Klein, National President of the Zionist Organization of America, today criticized the U.S. State Department’s decision to sponsor a U.S. tour by 15 prominent Islamists from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who promote intolerance. They were scheduled to arrive on American soil on September 12, the day after the third […]

“Leaving Gaza is ProofThat Violence Works”NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Israeli left and American Jewish left to “engage in some serious soul-searching,” following statements by Palestinian Arab terrorists that the activities of the Jewish left encourage Arab terror. The Arab terrorists’ statements are revealed in a new book, The […]

NEW YORK – Only a small minority of Israelis support giving up all Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, a new poll has found. The poll, conducted during August 29-31, 2004, is part of the monthly Peace Index Survey conducted by the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research of Tel Aviv University (headed by Prof. […]

NEW YORK – A prominent Muslim author has publicly acknowledged that the Palestinian Arabs’ own culture of hatred and violence incites young Arabs to become terrorists. Irshad Manji, best-selling author of The Trouble With Islam: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith and host of the Canadian Television show Big Ideas, wrote in the […]

NEW YORK- The so-called “moderate” prime minister of the Palestinian Authority has declared that Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel are “justified.” In response, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Bush administration to acknowledge that the PA is a terrorist regime and treat it accordingly. Last week, Hamas suicide bombers massacred 16 Israelis […]

Background: On June 24, 2002, President Bush set forth the conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill in order to merit U.S. support for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Among the major obligations are that the Palestinian Arabs must “dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,” “end incitement,” “elect new leaders not compromised by terror,” and […]

NEW YORK- In the wake of the revelation that one of the Beersheba suicide bombers was released from a Palestinian Authority prison before the attack, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed its surprise and disappointment that the U.S. has not criticized the PA’s continuing policy of releasing terrorists. According to the Jerusalem Post […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed its dismay at the reported decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to prevent cabinet minister Uzi Landau from speaking abroad, a decision which strikes a blow at the cherished principle of freedom of speech. The ZOA has invited Minister Landau to speak at its […]

U.S. Policy Means No Priceis Paid for the PA’s Terrorism NEW YORK- Instead of offering condolences to the latest Israeli victims of Palestinian Arab terrorism, President Bush should take a decisive step against Palestinian Arab terror by suspending all U.S. contacts with the terrorist Palestinian Authority regime and ending all U.S. aid to the Palestinian […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly protested a claim by the New York Times that there were “six months of relative quiet” prior to this week’s suicide bombing — when in fact there were at least 420 terrorist attacks against Israel during those six months. The “relative quiet” claim was the […]