The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the resolution passed by the 21-member World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by a vote of 10 to two with eight abstentions and one absence, airbrushing from history and thus denying Judaism and the Jewish people’s historic connection to Jerusalem’s […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly denounced the revolting Jew-hatred displayed at an alt-right conference last Saturday in Washington, D.C., and called on President-Elect Donald Trump to publicly and specifically condemn it.  At the conference, Richard Spencer, the leader of the alt-right movement, engaged in Nazi-like chants that included “Hail Trump” and, in […]

In the wake of the disgraceful, flat-earth resolution passed by the the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to declare Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and other major Jewish historical/religious sites as primarily or exclusively Muslim, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to an extraordinary little-known fact that Islam itself has historically admitted […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA was pleased to see that UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova’s statement on October 14, 2016 properly acknowledged that Jerusalem and the Har HaBait / the Temple Mount and Western Wall are sacred to Judaism.” Though Bokova went on to say that […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the preliminary resolution passed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by a vote of 24 to six with 26 abstentions, denying Judaism and the Jewish people’s historic connection to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and casting doubt on the link between Judaism and the Western […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President  Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The Obama administration hit a new low yesterday when U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner “strongly condemned” Israel for approving plans to build 98 apartment units in the existing Jewish community of Shiloh in Samaria, Israel and falsely claimed that this constitutes […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA expressed concern that President Obama once again insulted both Israel and the United States during Pres. Obama’s speech at former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres’ funeral last Friday.   And, an ensuing “corrected” White House press release added further insult. An […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein issued the following statement: The ZOA sends our sincere condolences to the family of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres on the passing last night of their beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather.  Peres made enormous contributions to rebuilding Israel, from a deserted wasteland into the revitalized […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized and taken issue with President Barack Obama’s use of the politicized formulation, ‘Palestinian land,’ when referring to the legally designated Jewish homeland in Judea/Samaria (the West Bank) in his address this week to the United Nations General Assembly. In his address, President Obama referred briefly to the […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the far left J Street and Peace Now for urging Congress to continue to uphold the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the agreement on Iran’s nuclear weapons program reached in Vienna in July 2015, despite the noncompliance by Iran with its very few commitments under the […]