The following is the text of a question posed by Shmuel Rosner of Haaretz, one of Israel’s leading newspapers, to Morton A. Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), and Mr. Klein’s answers. These are part of a week-long series of questions and answers between that newspaper and Morton Klein. Future Q&A’s may […]

The following is the text of a question posed by Shmuel Rosner of Haaretz, one of Israel’s leading newspapers, to Morton A. Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), and Mr. Klein’s answers. These are part of a week-long series of questions and answers between that newspaper and Morton Klein. Future Q&A’s may […]

By Neal Sher The United States must finally hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its integral role in terrorist activities — and the Jewish community must be heard on the issue — former AIPAC Executive Director Neal Sher writes. NEW YORK (JTA) — King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was stunned at the hostile reception he received […]

By Morton A. Klein The Annapolis peace summit, attended by Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and various Arab states, took place only days ago, yet events that have occurred in the short since, is already exposing the fantasy that such a conference could help achieve peace and that Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah-controlled PA is a genuine […]

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)Whose Mission is it fulfilling? Franklin LambUN HeadquartersNaquora, Lebanon Ever since one of this student’s favorite Professors, Dr. Ruth Widmeyer, an accomplished and rare beauty still, who was the first woman to receive a PhD. in Soviet Studies from Harvard nearly a half century ago, announced to our […]

A new coalition of religious hard-liners with ties to President Bush seeks to scuttle any plans for dividing Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians. By Gregory Levey On Nov. 26, the U.S. State Department got hit with an unexpected barrage of phone calls. The Coordinating Council on Jerusalem, a new coalition of American groups with hard-line […]

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is backing a congressional resolution urging Mahmoud Abbas to renounce his Fatah Party’s alleged charter. The nonbinding resolution, introduced last month in the House of Representatives by Reps. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the minority whip, “urges Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is also Chairman of […]

By Julie Stahl Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – The sale of Nativity scenes with a wall running through the middle to symbolize Israel’s security barrier borders on anti-Semitism, Jewish groups are saying. The Amos Trust, a British Christian charity that works with needy communities around the world, is selling the traditional Nativity sets with a political twist, […]

By Susan Jacobs, Toby Tabachnickand Angela LeibowiczChronicle Staffhttp://pittchron.com/ Despite much skepticism from Jews in Israel and the United States that the Annapolis process will fail, local Jewish leaders were surprisingly upbeat about last week’s conference. Some noted the presence of several Arab leaders. Others were happy President Bush is taking a more active role. But […]

Jewish Telegraphic AgencyPublished 12/03/07 NEW YORK (JTA) — A Nobel laureate and the sister-in-law of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are heading a group of intellectuals starting a philanthropic fund to combat what they describe as a “left-wing assault” on Israeli public opinion. Robert Aumann, a Hebrew University mathematician who won the 2005 Nobel Prize […]