The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), a founding charter member of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (the Conference) praises and thanks its fellow members of the Conference for clearly voting against the membership application of J-Street, an extremist group whose activities are hostile to Israel.  Despite a drenching rainstorm and flood […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called for the resignation of Secretary of State John Kerry after he stated over the weekend that Israel is becoming an apartheid state. This follows earlier anti-Israel proclamations by Kerry to the effect that Israel’s failure to fall in line with his peace proposals will result in renewed […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) supports Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)’s proposal for legislation to cut off U.S. aid to Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) unless it recognizes Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. Senator Paul has said that he will introduce a bill to that effect next week.  Last week, Abbas’ Fatah/PA […]

The Zionist Organization of America strongly condemns the radical extremist group J-Street’s statement yesterday.  J-Street yesterday demanded that the U.S. and Israel must aggressively push a framework for a Hamas-Fatah Palestinian Arab state.  (“J Street: Negotiating with Hamas is Pro-Israel,” Washington Free Beacon, April 23, 2014 [link this to http://freebeacon.com/national-security/j-street-negotiating-with-hamas-is-pro-israel/])   Incredibly, J-Street’s call came […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed deep concern and puzzlement over the shocking silence by President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, other Administration officials, the U.S. Congress, government officials around the world, and even almost all American Jewish leaders, over Hamas’ publicly-declared aim to murder Jews worldwide. Although many note that […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has urged the Obama Administration and the Israeli government to terminate relations with Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah/Palestinian Authority (PA), following its conclusion of a reconciliation agreement with the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, which controls Gaza. The State Department designates Hamas as a terrorist organization.   Top Hamas official Hassan Yousef announced […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is shocked and has strongly criticized Brandeis University’s decision to rescind the awarding of an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali at Brandeis’ commencement ceremony in May.  Ms. Hirsi Ali is a brave and outspoken author, scholar and advocate for the civil rights of women and girls around the […]

Last week, potential presidential candidate, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, spoke to hundreds of  Jews at the pro-Israel Republican Jewish Coalition meeting  at the Las Vegas’ Palazzo hotel. Surprisingly, Christie didn’t mention Israel in his prepared remarks but during the Q &A, he inaccurately referred to Judea and Samaria as “occupied territories.”  This is the language […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to the surreal situation in which Israel is presently under American pressure to make concessions to Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah/Palestinian Authority (PA) when Abbas’ PA actively continues to deny the Jewish connection to Israel in general and Jerusalem in particular and to demand an end to Jewish rights […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), which has fought long and hard to secure the release of long-jailed Jonathan Pollard by lobbying legislators, meeting government officials, writing articles, letters and press releases urging his release, nonetheless and with a heavy heart opposes the Obama Administration’s proposal that he be freed in return for unjust, unwise […]