NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply troubled that supporters of unilateral Israeli retreat from Gaza are using false claims of a possible “threat” against them, to delegitimize, demonize and intimidate those who have legitimate concerns about the dangers of a Gaza pullout. In recent days, Prime Minister Sharon and Police Minister […]

NEW YORK- Ralph Nader’s statement that the White House and Congress are “puppets” of Israel echoes classic anti-Semitic rhetoric about Jews secretly controlling governments, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed out. In an interview in the June 2004 issue of Pat Buchanan’s magazine, The American Conservative, Nader said: “The subservience of our congressional […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly protests the latest attempt by the Bush administration’s top official in Israel, Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, to pressure Israel into making more one-sided concessions to the Palestinian Arabs. The Associated Press reported (July 1, 2004) that Ambassador Kurtzer has been pressing Israel “to fulfill a commitment to […]

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- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is troubled that United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has failed to condemn the Palestinian Authority’s constant promotion of anti-Semitism, despite his recent speech condemning anti-Semitism around the world. Speaking at a U.N. “Seminar on Anti-Semitism,” in New York City on June 21, Annan condemned anti-Semitism around […]

NEW YORK – More than two hundred and fifty Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) activists from seventeen states took part in the ZOA’s Annual Activist Mission to Washington this week, meeting with Members of Congress and Bush administration officials to call for U.S. action to stop Egyptian and Saudi support for Palestinian Arab terrorism. During […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly protested the latest attempt by U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer to pressure Israel into making more one-sided concessions to the Palestinian Arabs. Ambassador Kurtzer told Israel Army Radio (as quoted by Ha’aretz, June 22, 2004) that Israel “should dismantle settlement outposts and freeze building in other […]

NEW YORK – While the international community focuses on Jewish construction in Judea-Samaria-Gaza, Palestinian Arab construction in those territories rose nearly 27% this year, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) points out. According to Israeli government estimates, Arabs have been building at ten times the rate of Jews in the territories. The pro-Arafat newspaper Arab […]

NEW YORK- The Palestinian Authority has been providing weapons and ammunition to Palestinian Arab terrorists in Gaza, according to a new report. 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. The report, which was released by the […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the chancellor of the University of California at Irvine to reverse his decision to permit students to wear green sashes glorifying suicide bombings at the university’s commencement ceremony on June 18, 2004. The sash, or “Shahada,” is a symbol worn by Muslim extremists as a […]