Category ZOA in the news
OP-ED ZOA Calls on Biden to Rescind ‘Horrific’ Anti-Israel Holocaust Museum Council Appointments

By Joshua Klein (JUNE 29, 2023 / BREITBART) The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is calling on President Joe Biden to rescind the recent “horrific” appointments of leaders of anti-Israel groups to the Holocaust Museum Council — whose founding principles insist on “support for a Jewish homeland.” Zionist Organization of America head Morton Klein blasted […]

OP-ED ‘He Was an Ardent, Farbrente Zionist,’ Mort Klein Says of Late Singer/Actor Ed Ames – JNS

By Menachem Wecker (JUNE 5, 2023 / JNS) Some 15 or 20 years ago, Mort Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, saw a man who looked a lot like entertainer Ed Ames at an American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in Washington. “He was tall. He stood out among everyone,” Klein […]

ZOA Slams Bernie Sanders for Hosting Rashida Tlaib’s Antisemitic ‘Nakba’ Event – Breitbart

By Joel B. Pollak (MAY 14, 2023 / BREITBART) The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest pro-Israel organization in the U.S., is slamming Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for hosting an antisemitic event commemorating the so-called Palestinian “Nakba.” The “Nakba,” or “Catastrophe,” is an annual observance by Palestinians that denies the right of the State […]

JNS – Rev. Sharpton Said He’s Appalled by Palestinian Pay-to-Slay Policy In Meeting With ZOA’s Mort Klein & Said He Will Talk To Hakeem Jeffries & Black Caucus

By Mike Wagenheim (MAY 2, 2023 / JNS) It was an unlikely image, to say the least. Rev. Al Sharpton tweeted a photo of himself last week with Mort Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America. Much of the Jewish community has long considered Sharpton antisemitic for his incendiary rhetoric, accusing him of inciting violence against Jews back […]

OP-ED Former Temporary PM Lapid Shouldn’t Be Campaigning Against Israel in the U.S. – ZOA’s Mort Klein’s Israel Hayom Op-Ed

By Morton A. Klein (APRIL 17, 2023 / ISRAEL HAYOM) Former temporary, caretaker, and unelected Prime Minister Yair Lapid did enormous harm to Israel, American Jewry and U.S.-Israel relations during his Passover trip to the United States, by demonizing Israel’s democratically-elected government as “extremist” and by telling American Jews, Jewish leaders and Democratic politicians to […]

JNS: ZOA Victory Over Anti-Israel Activist Who Withdraws Nomination for Assistant Secretary of State

(January 25, 2023 / JNS) Sarah Margon has withdrawn her nomination for assistant secretary of state for democracy, human Rights and labor, following Republican pushback against her anti-Israel record at Human Rights Watch (HRW) and George Soros’ Open Society Foundations. Among her anti-Israel activities, Margon used her position as head of the HRW in Washington, D.C., to promote […]