By Moshe Dann Why would President Obama place American prestige, money, and influence on the line for a three-month restriction on Jewish building in areas conquered by Israel in 1967? Another round of negotiations is doomed to fail, since Palestinian leaders have already refused to resume talks unless the freeze applies to eastern Jerusalem. Why […]

ZOA to Obama: Condemn Abbas’ anti-Semitic actions In the space of a mere two weeks, Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) has broadcast on PA TV indoctrinated children claiming Jews poisoned Yasser Arafat, named the ruling Fatah’s party convention after Munich Olympics Jew-killer Al-Hindi and broadcast pro-terror songs and pro-terror bands in the officially controlled PA […]

Leo Rennert The Washington Post has spared no printer’s ink in reporting criticism by the Obama administration of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem and West Bank settlements as obstacles to the peace process. There have been dozens such articles over the last two years. But when the Palestinian Authority issued a purported historical “study” which […]

Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative” December 1, 2010 1. George Washington first learned of Chanukkah while at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1778: “Perhaps we are not as lost as our enemies would have us believe. I rejoice in the Maccabees’ success, though it is long past…It pleases me to think that miracles still happen.” 2. […]

If U.S. Jews knew truth – would they fund NIF? The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed out that the New Israel Fund (NIF), which for years has held itself out to be a liberal, pro-Israeli group righteously promoting the building up of civil society and aiding minorities in Israel, is a leading promoter […]

by Prof. Phyllis Chesler Why Are “Settlements” Such An American Ivy League Obsession? Why is the dismal lack of human rights in Moslem countries less important? I recently spoke at length about Islamic gender and religious apartheid in the Arab and non-Arab Muslim world. This was, perhaps The unending tragedy of the Middle East is […]

By Ted Belman Dennis ”Avi” Lipkin, a Jew, in his book, Israel’s Bible Bloc, explained how he got over his hatred of Christians and came to embrace them as Israel’s best friend. In 1991, as the IDF spokesperson, he was invited to speak to the Dallas Council on World Affairs. They were part of the […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is one of several Jewish groups that have worked to produce a Congressional letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to exercise clemency and release convicted Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard. A Congressional letter, initiated by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) written in coordination with a broad array of Jewish groups, […]

By P. David Hornik With the near-nonexistent Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic process at a standstill, despite reports last week about a U.S.-Israeli deal (involving 20 warplanes) aimed at enticing the Palestinians back to the table, this week Israel’s Knesset passed a major law [1] affecting prospective future deal-making with the Palestinians or Syria. The law requires either […]