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U.S. Close to a ‘Danger Point’ With New Class of Politicians Who Hate Israel and Jews, Experts Say — ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted — JNS

By Aaron Bandler, Jessica Russak-Hoffman (November 5, 2026 / JNS) As a teenager, Morton Klein, Zionist Organization of America national president, learned about the importance of knowing when it is time to fight back and when to leave the country from his Holocaust-survivor parents. “If the time comes that politicians in America begin to condemn […]

OP-ED ZOA Opposes Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove’s Dangerous View: Arab Parties Are Hostile to Israel — They Do Not Belong in Israel’s Government — JNS Op-Ed by ZOA’s Morton Klein and Liz Berney, Esq.

By Morton Klein and Elizabeth Berney, Esq. (November 4, 2026 / JNS) In an op-ed (Oct. 30), Park Avenue Synagogue (NYC) Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove calls for Israeli parties to include in a governing coalition disloyal Arab parties (Ra’am and the Arab Joint List) that oppose Israel’s existence, call for violence against Israel, and side with […]

Statement From ZOA President Morton A. Klein on Ending U.S. Aid to Israel

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: ZOA is concerned that President Trump stated today that the U.S. will cut off all of the $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel at the end of 2026. This is almost two years earlier than provided for in the current […]

ZOA Condemns Radical Islamic Attack on Israeli Embassy in Serbia; Warns New Government Against Mob Rule, Political Retribution

Morton Klein Urges U.S. State Department to Demand Protection of Jews, Continued Relations With Israel and Respect for Democracy The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and its National President, Morton A. Klein, strongly condemn the October 28 terrorist attack outside Israel’s embassy in Belgrade and express grave concern over Serbia’s political future following the electoral […]

ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted — Pain Endures 2,922 Days After Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Gov. Shapiro Says — JNS

By Izzy Salant (October 27,2026 / JNS) Eight years later, to the day, since the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, called on Americans to remember the “deadliest act of antisemitism in American history.” “It’s been 2,922 days since the attack, […]

ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted — ‘Contrast Couldn’t Be More Striking’ Between Israel and Palestinian Authority, Which Hasn’t Had Elections in 21 Years — JNS

Mort Klein told JNS that “the fact that the Palestinian Authority refuses to have elections and pays Arabs to murder Jews or Christians proves it is a subhuman, corrupt, terrorist dictatorship…” By Jessica Russak-Hoffman (October 27, 2026 / JNS) As Israelis go to the polls peacefully on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority, which hasn’t held an […]

ZOA Condemns Horrific, Dangerous Antisemitic Ad for Michigan Senate Candidate Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: Throughout history, big lies in Europe and the Muslim/Arab world were used to inspire hatred and violence against innocent Jews. This Senate candidate Abdulrahman Mohammed El-Sayed’s ad is a new antisemitic big lie to inspire hatred and violence against innocent Jews. […]

After ZOA’s Susan Tuchman’s Complaint, Tulane Cancels In-Person Talk on Israel ‘Weaponizing’ Diseases — JNS

ZOA’s Tuchman asked the university to “cancel tomorrow’s program, since it will encourage antisemitism, create fear and worry among Jewish students and violate Tulane’s values…” By Jessica Russak-Hoffman (October 22, 2026 / JNS) Tulane University canceled an in-person lecture, slated for Thursday night, with Dr. Salman Khan, associate professor of medicine at Columbia University, titled […]