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). […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned a report produced within the Church of Scotland that denies the Jewish right to the Biblical land of Israel and which urges British and European pressure upon Israel over Jewish residence in Judea and Samaria. The ZOA has called upon the Church of Scotland to reject the […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the British physicist, Stephen Hawking, for his decision to boycott a conference in Israel, which he has previously visited. Professor Hawking had been invited to the Israeli Presidential Conference, to be held in Jerusalem on June 18-20, but has refused to attend, “based on advice from Palestinian […]

This week marked Jerusalem Day, the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem under Jewish sovereignty during the 1967 Six Day War. It is not every day that an ancient people comes into repossession of its holiest city and age-old capital in a victorious war over enemies who, literally only a week before, had been waxing […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) today announced that it has been awarded Outstanding Achievement in Website Development by the Interactive Media Awards™ (IMA) for its work on the ZOA Website. The honor recognizes that the project met and surpassed the basic standards of excellence that comprise the web’s most professional work. The site, which […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to an important and little-reported finding by France’s Court of Appeals last week that has held that construction and development undertaken by Jews in Judea and Samaria is legal and does not violate international law. This landmark legal decision is completely contrary to the position taken by […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed criticism of Secretary of State John Kerry support for the so-called Arab Peace Initiative. First sponsored by Saudi Arabia in 2002 and endorsed the Arab League, the Arab Initiative demands, in return for Arab recognition and “normalized relations” – a vague proposition that avoids recognizing Israel as […]

NEW YORK — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly criticized Secretary of State John Kerry for comparing the deaths of nine pro-Hamas terrorists in May 2010 aboard a blockade-defying ship bound for Gaza, the Mavi Mamara, to the deaths of four innocent American civilians at the hands of terrorists at last week’s Boston Marathon. The Mavi […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed criticism and concern over the new arms deal under which the U.S. is to sell sophisticated weaponry to Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the agreement, part of a $10 billion package of arms to Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. will supply precision […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to a number of recent developments – including efforts by the terrorist group Hamas to abduct Israeli soldiers and the arrest of a network of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorists planning to abduct Israelis – in arguing that Israel must not repeat the […]