Under pressure to restart talks with Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority, Israel has diverged from its refusal to accede to preconditions and agreed to free 104 terrorists from its jails. It’s a mistake. Israel should withstand the pressure and say no. Why? Because it makes a mockery of justice – and inflicts unimaginable pain on families […]
Morton Klein, who heads the Zionist Organization of America, tells Arutz Sheva in a special interview that the reason the U.S. is not becoming involved in the Syrian civil war is that it does not know which side is worse than the other. “We’re not sure which side is better,” he explained. “We know that […]
Letters — June 5, 2013 ZOA Is Not ‘Hawkish’; It’s Rational Centrist Thank you for your interesting article “ZOA Lobbies Against Aid to Egypt, Palestinians” in the May 3 issue about ZOA’s Mission to Washington. Nevertheless, it inappropriately stated that ZOA is “hawkish.” Is demanding that Palestinians abide by their Oslo agreements to arrest terrorists, end […]
April 21, 2013 Letters to the Editor Israelis have gone the extra mile Jewish communities in what for millennia have been called Judea and Samaria are built on about 1 percent of the territory, and yet they’re seen by some commentators as an obstacle to ending the Arab war against the Jewish people (“Time is […]
The ZOA mourns the passing of Seymour (Sy) Pikofsky, Esq., a long-time ZOA leader. A resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sy served as an officer of ZOA’s Board for many years. He was both a National Vice President and Chair of the Executive Committee. “He was as loyal and devoted to ZOA and Israel as anyone […]
Visiting New York this week, I sought to assess the broader implications of the recent “International Peace Award” bestowed on former president Jimmy Carter by Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School. This unsavory display of groveling by a major Jewish institution to a committed foe of the Jewish people is not merely a stain on the […]
During his visit to Israel, President Barack Obama reiterated the need for what he and many others call a “two-state solution.” We strongly oppose the use of this term – and not for political reasons. Even if one believes that establishing a Palestinian state is necessary to secure a genuine peace, one should stop using […]
Two FBI special agents sat across from me in a conference room at the J. Edgar Hoover Building, in Washington. It was late October last year, shortly after Sukkot. We were discussing the deaths of my son Asher Palmer, and my grandson Yonatan Palmer, who were murdered on a Friday afternoon, September 23, 2011. That […]
This originally appeared in the Washington Jewish Week on March 25, 2013 Prior to President Barack Obama’s trip to Israel, he, Secretary of State John Kerry and others reiterated their commitment to a “two-state solution.” We strongly oppose the use of this term – and not for political reasons. One should stop using this term […]
A veteran Jewish leader who championed Zionism, challenged antisemitism and strengthened US-Israel relations, has died. Jacques Torczyner, once president of the right-wing Zionist Organisation of America (ZOA), died aged 98. The current ZOA president, Morton Klein, described him as a “tireless and galvanising figure of American Zionism. “He knew every Israeli prime minister, from David […]
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