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In his column, Nachum Barnea said that Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) poll showing that 63% of Americans oppose the Katif withdrawal was “misleading.” But he does not explain the basis for his criticism.
In fact, our poll was a straightforward question about Katif that was coducted by one of America’s most respected pollsters, McLaughlin and associates.
He also referred to ZOA in a very disparaging way without citing any reason.
This is simply name-calling.
He is apparently upset that ZOA has said,since Oslo began, that Arafat could not be trusted and that ZOA has insisted that that neither Israel nor the US should make any significant concessions unless the Palestinian Authority honors its committments to Oslo and the Roadmap.
Barnea also falsely claimed that ZOA “opposes diplomatic initiatives.”
This is completely untrue.
We support diplomacy yet oppose unilateral concessions made to a Palestinian regime that has refused to dismantle and disarm terrorist groups, end the incitement, arrest terrorists, or stop smuggling weapons from the Sinai into Gaza, while inviting Hamas to join their government, and invite terrorist groups to move from Syria to Gaza after Israel leaves.
Morton A. Klein
National President
Zionist Organization of America
4 E. 34th Street
New York, NY, 10016
Tel. 212-481-1500
Fax. 212-481-1515
