The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized President Barack Obama for downgrading in an interview the historically unique and close U.S./Israeli alliance into Israel being merely “one of our closest allies in the region” and dismissing the expression of deep Israeli concern at the lack of red lines placed by the world on […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) agrees and applauds Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s statement last May, recently reported in the media, in which he said correctly that the pursuit of Middle East peace is likely to remain “an unsolved problem” because the Palestinians have “no interest whatsoever” in reaching a peace agreement with […]

 The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the Egyptian extremist Muslim Brotherhood regime of Mohamed Morsi for preventing the country’s last regularly functioning synagogue, Alexandria’s Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, to hold High Holiday services later this month. The Synagogue, which dates back to the nineteenth century, will not hold Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed criticism of President Barack Obama for refusing to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the latter visits the U.S. later this month to address the United Nations General Assembly session. U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed yesterday that President Obama would not meet with Prime […]

Muslim Brotherhood Praises Jihad Against U.S., Jews The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed opposition to the Obama Administration’s intention to extend, on top of existing, high levels of U.S. aid for Egypt (more than $1.5 billion annually), additional assistance to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) regime in Cairo totaling $1 billion. Reports indicate that […]

 Delegates Boo Either G-d, Israel, Or Both Following internal and external criticism, the Democratic National Convention re-inserted language yesterday mentioning G-d and Jerusalem as the capital of Israel from its 2008 Platform that had been omitted from its 2012 Platform. However, other divergences from its 2008 Platform, including language calling for the isolation of the […]

Liberal Israel Supporter Dershowitz: Omissions on Hamas & Pal. Refugees “Deeply Troubling” The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) provides here the relevant sections dealing with the Middle East on the 2012 Democratic and Republican platforms and comments on the noteworthy differences and platform changes below. Democratic Party Platform 2012: “The Middle East. President Obama and […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed again to another two-week period in which glorification of terrorists and incitement to hatred and violence have been prominent within Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA), which is funded by, among others, the U.S. taxpayer. On July 29, the municipality of Ramallah, the PA’s seat of government, voted […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon President Barack Obama to give an unequivocal commitment to oppose a renewed Palestinian bid for statehood via the United Nations following the U.S. elections, should he win re-election. The ZOA pointed to the fact that a similar bid for statehood within the UN system last year […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon the Democratic National Convention Committee and Obama for America to rescind its invitation to former President Jimmy Carter to address the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Convention is due to be held during September 3-6. The ZOA has pointed to President Carter’s […]