The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has applauded President Donald Trump’s call for Rep. Ihlan Omar (D–MN) to resign over anti-Semitic tweets. Rep. Omar, a freshman legislator voted into office in the 2018 midterm elections, has an astonishing and disturbing record of anti-Semitic and extreme anti-Israel words and deeds.   When running for Congress, Rep. […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton Klein and ZOA Director of Special Projects, Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement: Again and again, Israel-hating Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has displayed frightening, deep-seated, dangerous antisemitism and hatred towards the Jewish people.   Rep. llhan Omar falsely called Israel “evil” and an “apartheid regime.” She promotes anti-Israel […]

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appointed the first-term Omar to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, among other assignments, last month. The ZOA calls on House Democrat leadership to (i) immediately remove Rep. Omar from her committee assignments; and (ii) call an immediate vote on Rep. Lee Zeldin’s H.Res 72, Rejecting anti-Israel and anti-Semitic […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: “These tweets below from Rep. Ilhan Omar, along with several comments that she has made over the years, are pure, unadulterated, evil, frighteningly dangerous anti-Semitism. The Zionist Organization of America calls on House Democrat leadership to (i) immediately remove Rep. Omar from […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly applauds the passage in the US Senate of the “Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019” supporting Israel and US-Israel relations. The bill passed by an overwhelming majority of 77-23, and included language to fight BDS at the State and local levels. The bill was […]

Omar, who is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, tweeted in 2012, in the midst of conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza: “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”    Her tweet has been criticized — especially […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly praised President Donald Trump for the bold, principled stand he has taken supporting Israel, confronting the challenge posed by an Iranian regime seeking nuclear weapons, and in opposing the shocking growth of anti-Semitism in his State of the Union address this week. The ZOA believes President Trump’s […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) announced today the promotion of Daniel Pollak to be the Director of Government Relations and head of its Washington Office. Pollak has been with ZOA since 2007, and previously worked as Co-Director of Government Relations. National President of ZOA, Morton Klein, praised Pollak’s work: “Dan Pollak has been an […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein, ZOA Chair Mark Levenson, Esq., and ZOA Director of Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement: Ireland’s dangerous, shocking, antisemitic, anti-Israel boycott bill, entitled “Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018,” would impose huge criminal penalties against a large array of persons and entities who sell, import, […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Special Projects Elizabeth Berney, Esq. released the following statement: UN Resolution 181 Gave Palestinian Arabs No Right to a State:  As part of the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s latest ploy to avoid direct negotiations with Israel, the PA is now absurdly claiming that United Nations Resolution 181, […]