NEW YORK- A senior Palestinian Authority official has for the first time publicly acknowledged that the PA knows the identity of the terrorists who murdered three Americans in Gaza last year — but he says the PA will not arrest them. Musa Arafat, the head of PA Military Intelligence and a cousin of PA chairman […]

NEW YORK- A new poll has found that more than two-thirds of Israelis now support the holding of a national referendum on the proposal to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza. The poll, conducted by the Teleseker firm for the Israeli daily Ma’ariv on September 13, 2004, found that 69% of Israelis want a national referendum on […]

NEW YORK- While supporters of the Gaza retreat plan have claimed that an Israeli withdrawal will put a halt to international pressure against Israel for more concessions, French leaders have “laughed” at Israel’s expectation that they will stop their pressure. Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin told the Israeli newspaper Hatzofeh (Sept.15, 2004) that during his last […]

Rabin Supported Referendum Idea NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) supports the call by many leading Israelis for the holding of a national referendum on the proposal to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza. Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a referendum, and Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin (Jerusalem Post, Sept. 14, 2004) has […]

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 […]