New York — The New York Times reported that Pope Benedict XVI spoke at the University of Regensburg in Germany stating that “violence embodied in the Muslim idea of Jihad, or holy war, is contrary to reason and G-d’s Plan.” Ian Fisher, NY Times reporter, wrote “the speech seemed to reflect the Vatican’s struggle over […]

Swap could cause more Israeli deaths New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) supports statements made in Philadelphia last week by former Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and Israel’s Ambassador to the US, Danny Ayalon, that releasing Arab terrorists from Israeli jails in exchange for kidnapped Israelis will only encourage more kidnappings of […]

New York – In recent months, while operating against the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror infrastructures throughout Judea and Samaria, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have confiscated material from dozens of structures and offices used by Daawa charity institutes affiliated with terror organizations. These materials (video footage, photographs and countless documents) show how these institutes disguise […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) condemned the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) and actor Mike Farrell (of MASH fame) for openly lying about ZOA and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) positions. MPAC, using actor Mike Farrell, who is well known for his support of extremist causes, as their spokesperson, has launched […]

New York – Israeli Arab Members of Knesset (MKs), Azmi Bishara, Jamal Zahalka and Wasal Taha, all members of the Balad Party, have urged the leader of the Islamist terrorist group Hizballah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, to fight Israel, voiced solidarity with Syria’s war against Israel and supported the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. The three Arab […]

Abbas’ plan also supports violence New York – A new poll of Palestinian opinion has found that 61.3% of Palestinians support terrorist attacks upon Israelis within Israel’s pre-June 1967 borders, as against only 32.8% of Palestinians who oppose such acts. This represents a rise from 56% Palestinian support for terrorism against Israelis inside Israel’s pre-June […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned five European states, Britain, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, for banning stop-over landings for El Al flights carrying military equipment destined for the Israel Defense forces (IDF). All five states have been involved in the effort to expand the United Nations Interim Force in […]

Hathout: U.S. commits terrorism New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is both shocked and strongly critical of the decision by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (LACCHR) that it to give its ‘John Allen Buggs Award’ to Maher Hathout, the President of the Islamic Council of Southern California and senior […]

Yaalon: West’s appeasement & lack of will troubling Former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon, has called upon Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign and argued that last year’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria caused the latest war with Hizballah in Lebanon. In calling for Olmert’s resignation, Yaalon […]

PA textbook: Israel based on ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ New York – Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) has introduced in the PA school system — run independently of Hamas — a curriculum that incites hatred and murder of Jews and prepares a new generation of Palestinians to destroy Israel. The Intelligence and Terrorism […]