Over 1,100 people attended the Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) 117th Louis D. Brandeis Award Dinner on Sunday, November 22 at New York City’s elegant Grand Hyatt Hotel. Major ZOA donors provided tables for 219 student activists from various universities who attended.   Israeli Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ron Dermer; newly-appointed Israeli […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) today welcomed the release of Jonathan Pollard. Mr. Pollard is the only American citizen sentenced to life in prison for passing classified information to a US ally – in this case Israel. He has been behind bars since his arrest in 1985. After finally giving him official recognition as […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ recent open admission that he turned down then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s 2008 peace offer and made no counter-offer. Abbas had never publicly admitted that he turned down Mr. Olmert’s offer, which would have provided for an independent Palestinian state […]

Morton A. Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) released the following information: The Chairman of the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, Congressman Peter King (NY) recently stated “there is absolutely no way — no real way of vetting, to any extent, these refugees coming in. […]

Morton A. Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America(ZOA) released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly condemns Secretary of State John Kerry for claiming that some terrorism against innocent civilians is legitimate and has an understandable rationale. ZOA demands that Kerry retract and apologize for his abhorrent and absurd claim.   […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the Obama Administration, following a disclosure from the State Department revealing that the United States supports the recent European Union (EU) decision to start labeling Israeli products produced in Judea/Samaria. The EU is set to label such produce as ‘Israeli settlement product,’ rather than ‘Made in Israel,’ […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) for authoring letters to the European Union’s (EU) foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, urging the EU to not implement additional labeling requirements for Israeli goods imported into Europe.  ZOA also praised House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) today condemned the European Union (EU)’s decision to label products manufactured in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, a move which gives aid and comfort to the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) movement. BDS, as openly admitted by its founders, aims for Israel’s delegitimization and eventual elimination, while […]

Morton A Klein, National President, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), has released the following statement: The ZOA mourns the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, on the 20th anniversary of his murder. His murder on the night of November 4, 1995, shocked Israel, and indeed the world. Mr. Rabin initiated the Oslo peace process, […]

October 30, 2015 VIA EMAIL AND FIRST-CLASS MAIL Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks University of California, Berkeley Office of the Chancellor 200 California Hall # 1500 Berkeley, CA  94720-1500 Dear Chancellor Dirks: We write on behalf of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest and one of the largest pro-Israel organizations in the U.S. whose […]