As published in theJerusalem PostAbbas disappoints… Sir, — It was deeply disappointing to see Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas recently criticize Israel for killing wanted Islamic Jihad terrorists, one of whom orchestrated two suicide bombings killing 10 Israelis in February and July of this year (“Katyusha fired at Galilee, 2 Kassams at Sderot,” August 26). If […]

A bipartisan group of twenty-two lawmakers sent a letter to President Bush urging him to call on the Palestinian Arab leader, Mahmoud Abbas, “to do all in his power to ensure that the participation of Hamas in the upcoming elections is conditional on…revising their charter eliminating language that states that ‘the day of judgment will […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) today strongly condemned Holocaust Denier and Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Mahmoud Abbas for accusing Israel of “condemning peace efforts with an undercover military raid in the West Bank city of Tulkarm” in which 5 Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed. But Abbas said nothing about the murder […]

New York — Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Culture released its Book of the Month today, a poetry collection honoring suicide bomber Hanadi Jaradat who murdered 29 Israelis in a Haifa restaurant in October 2003 (Palestinian Media Watch, August 22, 2003). This was distributed as a special supplement in the Palestinian Arab paper […]

New York – Ahmed Qurei, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), met with leaders of terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Syria and announced “they would not be disarmed.” Instead, they “discussed ways of cooperating.”(Jerusalem Post, 8/22/05) Musa abu-Marzouk, a senior Hamas leader, said, “We stressed during the meeting with Qurei that the […]

“Pullout beginning of end of Israel” New York — Mahmoud Zahar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, said that “the Gaza disengagement would boost morale in the Arab and Muslim world and positively influence the anti-U.S. campaign in Afghanistan and Iraq. We are part of a large global movement called the International Islamic Movement.” (Jerusalem […]

New York — The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University has issued a report, ‘The Effects of Disengagement on Palestinian Politics and Society,’ that predicts that the implementation of the Gaza/Northern Samaria withdrawal/expulsion plan will lead to an eruption of Palestinian terrorism in Judea/Samaria and create conditions of political, social and economic […]

250,000 Rally at Wall to Oppose Gaza Plan New York — Former Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli Knesset yesterday pleading with his fellow lawmakers to “grasp the danger and do the right thing” to help thwart the uprooting of Jews from Gaza and northern Samaria before it’s too late. […]

New York — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly criticized the Bush Administration for demanding that Israel not respond in any serious way to the murder of Israelis by Palestinian Arabs. The New York Times reported (8/7/05) that U.S. General William Ward, who is working on reforming Palestinian security services, “confirmed that American […]

New York – The ZOA has expressed deep concern that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s top aide, Dov Weisglass, said last week that “Israel could eventually expect that at least 180,000 of the current 240,000 settlers would be able to stay in the West Bank with U.S. approval” (Reuters, August 4, 2005), indicating that as many […]