NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply troubled by the use of extreme and intemperate language by World Jewish Congress president Edgar Bronfman in his public attacks on WJC senior vice-president Isi Leibler. The controversy began when, on the eve of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s visit to the White House, Bronfman sent […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised President Bush’s decision to continue to stand by his nomination of Dr. Daniel Pipes to the board of the United States Institute of Peace. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein, chairman of the board Dr. Alan Mazurek, and National Policy Coordinator Sarah Stern have sent […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is appalled by Edgar Bronfman’s statement implicitly justifying Palestinian Arab terrorism against Jewish residents of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, and is deeply disappointed by his subsequent vague and inadequate statement “explaining” his earlier comment. Bronfman, the president of the World Jewish Congress, said: “If the Palestinian suicide […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the Bush administration’s pressure on Israel to refrain from taking action against the Syrian-sponsored Hezbollah terrorists. Last weekend, a Hezbollah missile attack on northern Israel killed an Israeli child and wounded four others. Hezbollah is on the official U.S. list of terrorist groups because it […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is deeply troubled by a report that the U.S. official in charge of monitoring Palestinian Arab compliance with the Bush Road Map plan has accepted the Palestinian Authority’s implausible claim that it is “unable to wage war” against terrorist groups. The Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported (August 7, […]

NEW YORK- In blatant violation of President Bush’s Road Map, the Palestinian Authority has justified the Palestinian Arab suicide bombing in the town of Rosh Ha’ayin, in which one Israeli was murdered and ten wounded. The official PA statement regarding the Rosh Ha’ayin bombing included a brief, perfunctory condemnation of what it called “the Tel […]

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 response to reports that Israel is refraining from serious action against the Syrian-sponsored Hezbollah terrorists because it fears “being blamed” for “escalation,” the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has assured Israeli officials that, in fact, there would be strong support among Americans for Israeli action against the terrorists. The Jerusalem Post reports […]

NEW YORK – A leader of the Palestinian Arab terrorist group Islamic Jihad has boasted that his and other terror groups are using the so-called “cease-fire” to develop even more powerful missiles to murder Israelis—yet the Bush administration is still not pressuring the PA to act against the terrorists. Asked about Israel’s protests that the […]

Cong. Nadler TakesIssue with Powell New York – The ZOA criticizes remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on August 4 that imply that Judea and Samaria belong to the Palestinian Arabs. In comments on Radio Sawa, a U.S.-funded Arabic-language radio station that broadcasts to the Middle East, Secretary Powell stated, “in the case […]