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 […]

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- 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 […]

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 […]