The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned writer Alice Walker for her lying and vicious defamation of Israel contained in her open letter to performer Alicia Keyes, urging her to cancel her upcoming tour of Israel. The ZOA finds Walker’s letter to be that of a bigoted racist and anti-Semite whose views are no […]

ZOA was well represented at the annual NYC “Celebrate Israel” Parade yesterday, Sunday, June 2, 2013.  Enclosed is a picture of the ZOA banner we proudly held marching up 5th Avenue. It was entitled “Heroes of Zionism.”  ZOA’s “Heroes of Zionism” included Theodor Herzl, David Ben Gurion, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, Louis Brandeis and Abba Hillel Silver, who […]

 The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the Obama Administration for its criticism of an Israeli announcement approving tenders for the construction of 300 new homes in Ramot, a Jewish neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem. At the same time, it has ignored the on-going illegal Arab construction in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, which is also […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to the open Palestinian embrace of Nazi symbols like the swastika flag as but further evidence that Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah/Palestinian Authority (PA) remains wedded to eliminating the Jewish state of Israel. Recently, in the Palestinian Arab city of Beit Omar, close to the Jewish communities of Gush […]

Hundreds of activists from 16 states across the country, from California to Ohio, to Pennsylvania and Florida, participated in the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)’s Annual Advocacy Mission to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Meeting with over a hundred Members of Congress and their legislative assistants, ZOA activists urged them to:   1). Support […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has denounced the terrible blood libel following the publication of an authoritative Israeli investigative report which concluded that the Palestinian 12-year-old boy, Muhammad al-Dura, portrayed by France-2 Television as having been killed by Israeli fire during a firefight with Palestinian forces at the Netzarim Junction on September 30, 2000, […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is pleased to report that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reinstated its recognition of ZOA’s status as a tax exempt, tax-deductible 501(c)(3) organization.  In a letter dated May 15, 2013 to the ZOA, the IRS wrote, “We are pleased to inform you that upon review of your application […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has noted with concern reports that CIA Director John O. Brennan was sent to Israel this week in order “to prevent it from taking action on its own in Syria” (Harriet Sherwood, ‘CIA chief John Brennan makes surprise Israel visit for Syria talks,’ The Guardian [London], May 17, 2013). […]