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ZOA‘s Mort Klein Threatens Campaign Against Netflix – Which Then Says Won’t Run Farrakhan Documentary -JNS.org

A documentary featuring the notorious Louis Farrakhan will not be available to Netflix customers next month after all, with the media streaming giant citing an “internal miscommunication.” “This film will not be released on Netflix. Due to an internal miscommunication, it appeared to be scheduled for release on Netflix, but it is not,” a Netflix spokesperson […]

Morton Klein’s Written Congressional Testimony on the Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty Over the Golan Heights

ZOA National President Morton A. Klein testified before the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security in July of 2018, where he urged the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.    Click here to view Morton Klein’s written congressional testimony.

ZOA Student Israel Trip Visits Residents of Judea/Samaria (West Bank)

A group of Jewish students from the US came to hear about Judea and Samaria and the Jewish pioneers in the town of Esh Kodesh in Binyamin. The trip was organized by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) The ZOA group that visited Israel included 30 students, who heard a lecture from Attorney Nati Rom, […]

Wash. News Article: ZOA’s Morton Klein and Amb. Dore Gold Testify Before Congress Urging U.S. Support of Israeli Sovereignty of Golan Hts.

Congress is renewing efforts to press the Trump administration into recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the contested Golan Heights region on Israel’s northern border with Syria, bucking efforts by GOP leadership to kill the effort, according to conversations with lawmakers. The House’s National Security Subcommittee, led by chairman Rep. Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.) will hold a […]

ZOA Hosts Pollster Frank Luntz

Local ZOA Chapter Hosts Frank Luntz July 11, 2018 From left: Steve Feldman, ZOA Greater Philadelphia Chapter executive director; ZOA National President Morton Klein; guest speaker Frank Luntz; and Greater Philadelphia ZOA Co-President Lee Bender On June 26, the Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) Greater Philadelphia Chapter presented “An Evening With Frank Luntz,” featuring the […]

OP-ED BY: Morton A. Klein Mort Klein in Breitbart Urges Nations: Leave UN Human Rights Council

Last week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attempted to have the U.N. Human Rights Council cease its perpetual preoccupation with condemning Israel. But our European allies would have none of it. Europe refused to join the U.S. in seeking to terminate the Council’s permanent agenda item devoted to Israel –– the only […]

LA Jewish Journal: ZOA Demands Firing of MSNBC Host for Anti-Semitic & Other Comments

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is calling for MSNBC to fire host Joy Reid for promoting “sinister anti-Semitic canards” in old blog posts. The June 11 statement on the ZOA’s website highlights old posts from Reid in which she echoes former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s statement that Israel doesn’t have a right to exist, […]

Israel-Hating Site Calls ZOA “Powerful” Palestinian-Bashers on Beacon School Mourning Hamas Deaths

On Tuesday, May 15th, students at the Beacon School, an “elite” public high school in Hell’s Kitchen, decided to commemorate the 62 Palestinians who were killed the day before in Gaza during the Great March of Return. A simple announcement over the loudspeaker that lasted a minute somehow warranted a witch hunt on the administration […]

Qatar’s PR Gambit Falls Apart; ZOA’s Morton Klein Blasts Regime

Qatar’s public relations campaign in the United States is collapsing as the businessmen, community leaders, and media consultants it employed have began to abandon the effort. As Breitbart News noted last year, Qatar had employed an American team — including Nick Muzin, a former aide to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — to improve its image in the […]

ZOA Letter in NY Jewish Week Explaining ZOA Criticisms of Jewish Groups

The JTA article you published (“These Jewish Groups Are Fighting — Even Physically…”, May 18) about ZOA criticizing some Jewish groups for their troubling policies and positions had many inaccuracies. In fact, ZOA legitimately criticized National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) for signing a letter demanding that people stop “smearing” Linda Sarsour. It was not […]