ZOA New York – A high-ranking Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer has disclosed that the Israeli government has “tied the IDF’s hands” and is preventing military operations that could stop Hizballah from rearming and gaining strength ahead of a possible new round of violence this summer. The officer said that, “This is not up to […]

by Hillel Fendel Arutz Sheva January 23, 2007 The Yesha Council highlights the deceptions in a recent study by the ultra-left wing Peace Now group purporting to show that 40% of Yesha communities are built on private Arab land. “The so-called facts in the Peace Now report are far from the true reality,” the Yesha […]

BY ALEX ALEXIEV President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s UN rant against the Great Satan got banner headlines around the world last week. But two smaller news items out of Iran, largely unnoticed, tell us far more about where Iran is heading and how U.S. policies can nudge the belligerent regime in the right direction. The first report: […]

Olmert cancels community in Yesha for Gaza Jews New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has opposed the payment of $100 million to Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) announced today by the Israeli government of Ehud Olmert. Simultaneously, Israel announced that the construction of an approved Jewish community at Maskiot, which was to […]

January 17, 2007 ZOA Contact: Morton A. Klein, 212-481-1500 New York – A new survey has found that Israeli Arab support for Israel is low and has dropped significantly since last year’s Lebanon war. The survey, conducted by Prof. Ephraim Yaar, Head of the Evens Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution at Tel Aviv University, […]

by Ezra HaLevi Arutz Sheva January 20, 2007 Three Kassam rockets were fired toward Israeli towns from Palestinian Authority-controlled Gaza Sunday. Rock attacks took place in Judea and Samaria and a convict escaped from police in Petah Tikva. One rocket landed near the city of Sderot. Two other landed in open areas between Jewish communities […]

NGO Monitor January 15, 2007 [For annotated report www.ngo-monitor.org/article/war_on_want_wages_war_on_israel_update_ ] Summary: The UK registered charity, War on Want (WoW) campaigns “against the root causes of global poverty, inequality and injustice,” placing great emphasis on its “Palestine” campaign. Despite a number of investigations by the UK Charity Commission for its political activities, WoW continues to ignore […]

Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 18, 2007 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467765896&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull There are two reasons that IDF chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz’s resignation this week was essential. First, during the war last summer with Hizbullah, Halutz failed to conceive of a war fighting plan for the IDF. Having failed, he needed to go. Second, both […]

On her current trip to the Middle East, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been meeting with a series of Arab leaders, patting each one on the back and heaping praise on them for their supposed “moderation”. But just who is a “moderate Arab leader”, and is Secretary Rice making a grave mistake when […]