NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply troubled by reports that the Israeli government is planning to again released dangerous Arab terrorists in exchange for the bodies of dead Israeli soldiers held by the Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. Israel is said to be planning to release Samir Kuntar, who murdered four Israelis […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply disappointed that President Bush has backed away from the promises he made to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon just last month. After meeting with Sharon, Bush had said that Israel should not have to return to the pre-1967 borders; that Palestinian Arab “refugees” from around […]

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) has expressed its strong disappointment at a report that National Security Council adviser Condoleeza Rice is actively raising funds for Yasir Arafat’s terrorist regime. According to the Washington Post (May 3, 2004), the Bush administration has launched a diplomatic offensive intended to impress the Arab world, including […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Bush administration to disband the Quartet in response to the Quartet members’ complete embrace of Arab demands against Israel. The Quartet, consisting of the U.S., the United Nations, Russia, and the European Union, was established with the support of the Bush administration in order […]

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 Arab League’s opposition to the naming of a square in Vienna after Theodor Herzl, founder of the Zionist movement, demonstrates that Arab hostility to Israel is not over borders or settlements, but over the very concept of the existence of a Jewish State of any size. The Zionist Organization of America […]

Why did the overwhelming majority of members of Israel’s ruling party vote against unilateral Gaza surrender? Look at the events of the past decade and it’s easy to understand why and where we should go from here. Israelis were told that if they surrendered large parts of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza to the Palestinian Arabs, […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging President Bush to “respect and accept the landslide democratic decision by the overwhelming majority of members of Israel’s ruling party” in the Gaza referendum. ZOA representatives will be meeting with Bush administration officials and Members of Congress in the coming days, to explain the reasons […]

NEW YORK- For the second year in a row, the State Department’s annual report on global terrorism has acknowledged that senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are involved in terrorism yet the Bush administration still has not imposed sanctions on the PA. The State Department report, Patterns of Global Terrorism 2003, noted that “The PA’s efforts […]