In a strongly worded letter sent yesterday to Michael Drake, the Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) criticized him for failing to exercise his “First Amendment right and moral duty as UC Irvine’s leader by clearly and forcefully condemning, by name, the Muslim Student Union and its […]

 Will Obama Admin. hold PA accountable as promised?       Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to inculcate violence and glorify terrorists who practice it, the latest case being a Fatah-sponsored football tournament named after veteran Fatah terrorist leader Khalil al-Wazir, known by his nom de guerre Abu Jihad. Abu Jihad was for […]

Would Abbas tell Americans to “return” to Mexico, Africa, South America & Europe?         The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has urged President Barack Obama to hold Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas accountable for a broadcast on PA TV on May 4 and May 7 which called Israelis thieves and advised […]

  Recent polls show that Americans, American Jews and Israelis all disapprove of President Obama’s policies toward Israel. One reason for the disapproval that emerges in these polls is that the Obama administration pressures and criticizes Israel, while giving Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestinian Authority a free pass.   Such perceptions happen to be well founded. For […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called on the Obama Administration to condemn and penalize Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA) for its international campaign to prevent Israel joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Israel became a member of the OECD this week after the 31 OECD member states voted […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised several Democratic Members of Congress for speaking out publicly in opposition to President Barack Obama and his Administration’s exerting relentless and inappropriate pressure on Israel.   Following the Obama’s Administration’s public repudiation by White House spokesman Robert Gibbs of criticism over its policy towards Israel from […]

  A new poll has shown that nearly three-quarters of Israelis – 72% – oppose President Barack Obama’s policy of demanding a freeze on Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem, whereas only 22% of Israelis approve of it. The poll, conducted by Shvakim Panorama for Israel Television Channel 1, also found:   ·        Israelis blame President […]

By Morton A. Klein, National President Dr. Daniel Mandel, Director Center for Middle East Policy Zionist Organization of America     Recently, we see with increasing frequency the canard that U.S. servicemen in the Middle East – mainly those in Iraq and Afghanistan – are endangered by a stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process. President Barack Obama […]

Schumer: Don’t force Israel to make concessions       The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Democrats Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), former New York Mayor, Ed Koch, and New Republic Editor-in-Chief  Marty Peretz for their courageous and forthright criticism of the Obama Administration’s pressure on and hostility towards Israel.   In a detailed […]

 Over 30 House Members & Senators spoke at ZOA luncheon     Hundreds of Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) activists from 19 states, including dozens of students, took part in ZOA’s annual activist Mission to Washington, D.C., on April 21 to urge Members of Congress to support  legislation for immediately imposing new, robust sanctions upon […]