NEW YORK- Despite claims by Gaza retreat supporters that the Bush administration would accept Israel’s security fence if the Gaza withdrawal plan was passed, the administration has again publicly criticized the fence. At the daily State Department press briefing on June 15, 2004, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said: “The fence is a problem … […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized President Bush’s assertion that U.S. national security will be harmed if he implements the U.S. law requiring the relocation of the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act of 1995 required that the embassy be moved to Jerusalem […]

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 urging the Bush administration to speak out in response to the latest declaration by a Saudi official that “Zionism” is to blame for recent terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia. Earlier this year, the Saudi ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah, declared that recent terrorist attacks in Saudi […]

NEW YORK- In response to reports that cash payments will be offered to Jewish residents of Gaza to encourage them to move out, 94% of the almost 8,000 Jews living in Gush Katif, the main bloc of Gaza Jewish neighborhoods, have signed a petition rejecting such offers, according to Israeli media reports. Morton A. Klein, […]

A Muslim student organization at the University of California, Irvine is advocating that students wear green sashes displaying the “shahada” when they attend the university’s commencement ceremony this weekend. The students are telling the university administration that the word “shahada” is simply a declaration of their Islamic faith, similar to the Star of David worn […]

NEW YORK- There is new evidence that Egypt is permitting and facilitating the flow of weapons to Palestinian Arab terrorists in Gaza, and the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Bush administration to pressure Egypt to change its policy. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said: “It is surprising and disappointing that the […]

NEW YORK – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging American Jews to refrain from visiting Syria, warning that such visits are orchestrated by the Syrian government to distract attention from its sponsorship of terrorism, illegal occupation of Lebanon, and development of weapons of mass destruction. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported (June 8, 2004) […]

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 Israeli cabinet’s vote to unilaterally retreat from Gaza and expel all the Jewish residents of that area has been greeted by the Palestinian Arabs with a stream of new terrorist attacks—proving once again the futility of Israeli territorial concessions, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) points out. In the 48 hours since […]