By Dina Kraft, Jewish Telegraphic Agency The question of what role Diaspora Jews should play in Israel-Palestinian negotiations over Jerusalem was a major part of the discussion during the annual mission to Israel of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Published: 02/24/2008 JERUSALEM (JTA) — The object of 2,000 years of Jewish […]

By Brad A. Greenberg, Senior Writer, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles An anti-Israel speaker praises suicide bombers. Posters display Nazi symbols, anti-Israel slogans and the Israeli flag with blood dripping from the Magen David. A Muslim student says “F—- Israel,” drops his drawers and shows his swastika tattoo to a non-Jewish student. Such allegations, […]

by Leah Morse (IsraelNN.com) “Mahmoud Abbas is a fraud and not interested in peace,” said Morton Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), in an interview with Arutz Sheva at the fifth annual Jerusalem Conference. “He is just trying to get as much as he can through negotiations that he could not get […]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (IsraelNN.com) Despite slush-filled roads, the fifth annual Jerusalem Conference began as scheduled Tuesday morning as light snow blanketed the city. The conference hall was filled to capacity. Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are the opening keynote speakers of the two-day conference, which is taking place at the Regency […]

By Dr. Michael Goldblatt and Dr. Daniel Mandel Op-Ed, as posted in The Jewish Press If you think one side in a conflict is under no moral or legal obligation to send supplies to the population of the other, you have not heard what The New York Times or Human Rights Watch’s Joel Stork have […]

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is considering a waiver to protect the Palestinian Authority from lawsuits by the victims of Palestinian attacks. Officials said PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has warned that his government could not pay the more than $500 million in judgements won against the PA by the families of victims of Palestinian […]

By: Dr. Michael Goldblatt and Dr. Daniel Mandel If you think one side in a conflict is under no moral or legal obligation to send supplies to the population of the other, you have not heard what The New York Times or Human Rights Watch’s Joel Stork have been saying about Israel’s duties toward Gaza. […]

The Zionist Organization of America opened a Jerusalem office.   The office, whose opening will be officially announced at a news conference in Jerusalem later this month, is headed by Jeffrey Daube, a former special needs educator with extensive experience in Israel issues in Washington.   Daube has been associated with several pro-Israel groups, including […]

New York TimesLetters to the Editor Dear Editor: Daniel Gavron claims that the Arab world, including Saudi Arabia, is “on record” as accepting Israel in its pre-1967 borders and that Israel thus has won. (“Israel’s secret success,” Feb. 11, 2008) I only wish it were so. But no Arab country including the Palestinian Authority (PA) […]

Southern California InFocusThe largest Muslim newspaper in California February 2008Letters To The Editor The legal action the Zionist Organization of America brought on behalf of Jewish students at UC Irvine never challenged the MSU’s right to express opposition to the policies of Israel (Probe Clears Muslim Group and UCI of Anti-Semitism, Jan. 8, 2008). Our […]