Last October, the ZOA’s Center for Law and Justice (ZOA-CLJ) filed suit in the federal district court in Washington, D.C. on behalf of an American couple living in Jerusalem, alleging that Secretary of State Colin Powell and the State Department violated federal law by refusing to recognize their infant son’s birthplace as Israel on his […]

The Palestinian Authority’s sham “trial” of individuals who may have been connected to the murders of three Americans last year “does not meet serious standards of justice,” a U.S. State Department official told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on February 9, 2004. Similarly, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer said: “We don’t believe that this […]

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 – Veteran Jewish community professional Murray Tenenbaum has been named Director of Government Relations by the national Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). Mr. Tenenbaum will be responsible for directing the ZOA’s extensive efforts to strengthen America-Israel relation and educate Members of Congress and the administration about issues affecting Israel. Ben Lerner will continue […]

NEW YORK – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned a column by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times claiming that Israel’s leaders are “conspiring” to manipulate President Bush and Vice President Cheney. In his column on February 5, 2004, Friedman wrote that Israel’s Prime Minister “has had George Bush under house arrest […]

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- In the wake of an Israeli official’s statement that the terrorists whom Israel released this week will “very quickly” return to terrorism, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Israeli government to refrain from releasing any terrorists in the future. Following Israel’s decision to release 400 Palestinian Arab terrorists in exchange […]

NEW YORK- In the wake of the latest suicide bombing massacre carried out by a Palestinian Authority police officer, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Bush administration to immediately suspend all U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority police and security forces. The terrorist who massacred at least 10 Israelis in a Jerusalem […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has protested Columbia University’s decision to hire yet another anti-Israel extremist for its faculty. Mary Robinson, the former United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, has been hired to teach in Columbia’s Department of International and Public Affairs and to serve as a senior research scholar at Columbia Law […]

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 […]