NEW YORK- President Bush is already backing away from the promises he recently made to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, according to Israel Radio. After their recent White House meeting, President Bush opposed the right of millions of Arabs “refugees” to settle in Israel, and said that future borders should take into account “demographic realities,” […]

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- Yasir Arafat’s “foreign minister,” Farouk Kaddoumi, has publicly acknowledged that the PLO Covenant was never changed, contrary to the Clinton administration’s claims that it was changed in 1998. Kaddoumi told the Jordanian newspaper Al Arab: “The Palestinian national charter has not been amended until now,” he explained. “It was said that some articles […]

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 […]

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 Palestinian Authority’s official television station has broadcast a religious sermon by one of its spiritual leaders declaring that “Jews deserve death.” The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), in response, is urging the Bush administration to suspend U.S. aid to the Palestinian Arabs. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said: “It is […]

NEW YORK- Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom has joined the growing list of prominent Israelis who are opposed to a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. Shalom expressed his views in a meeting of American Jewish leaders in New York City on March 24, 2004. The Jerusalem Post reported on March 28, 2004 that in an internal […]

Op-Ed: Gaza Retreat Plan is a Mistake by Morton A. Klein, National President of the ZOA The proposal for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza defies logic. Since Israel’s goal is to protect its citizens against Arab terrorism, rewarding the Arabs with territory when they have not halted their terrorism will only increase terrorism because […]

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 disappointed that Yeshiva University has chosen as the keynote speaker for a Y.U. dinner this week Richard Haass, a veteran State Department official who during his years in office repeatedly criticized and pressured Israel and justified the Syrian occupation of Lebanon, and more recently blamed […]