Op-Ed: Mitchell is wrong man for Mideast envoy By Morton Klein · January 26, 2009 PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America is concerned about President Obama’s choice of George Mitchell as Mideast envoy. As Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post said, “The Mitchell Plan of 2001 was a flop. Why try the […]

  Wash. Post: Mitchell Plan Was Flop. Why Try Him Again?      The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed concern over President Obama’s appointment of George Mitchell as his Mideast envoy dealing with the Arab war against Israel.  It’s surprising that Obama would appoint Mitchell since, as Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post […]

  Why Did Obama Choose This Sequence?        ZOA: What is the reason President Obama chose this sequence when listing these four religions?   Throughout its history, the United States has always been known as a nation based on Judeo-Christian values and heritage.   Moreover, surveys show that there are some 5 – […]

  Major Israeli journalist (Haaretz) also demands apology     The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon Members of the Knesset (MKs) and other Israeli officials, journalists and Jewish leaders who gave their support to the 2005 Gaza/northern Samaria unilateral withdrawal to apologize to the Israeli electorate, which had voted overwhelmingly against that […]

A new poll shows that only a minority of Americans support the creation of a Palestinian state. A McClatchy/Ipsos poll found that 31 percent of Americans support the creation of a Palestinian state, whereas 45 percent oppose it and 24 percent have no opinion. Thus, 60 percent of those who expressed an opinion opposed a […]

The ZOA has expressed concern over aspects of Secretary-of-State-Designate Hillary Clinton‘s testimony at her confirmation hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In particular, the ZOA is concerned with Senator Clinton‘s failure to hold Hamas responsible for war crimes leading to civilian deaths in hostilities with Israel; indicating that she will adopt the same flawed […]

Wednesday, January 14 2009     Tuesday, January 20, 2009   Israel’s Goal Must Be The Defeat Of Hamas By: Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel After nearly three weeks it is clear that Israel’s military operation in Gaza is a just and necessary undertaking. The operation followed the termination of a so-called cease-fire […]

  ZOA Criticizes Bush/Rice For Not Vetoing Anti-Israel Resolution        The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has supported the Israeli government’s opposition to a U.N. call for an immediate ceasefire while Hamas retains the capacity to shell and fire rockets into Israel and continues to do so. (‘Security Council calls for immediate, durable, […]

              The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has urged Robert Birgeneau, the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, to address troubling reports from Jewish students that they have been harassed, verbally and physically intimidated, and discriminated against on the campus.  In a 13-page letter to the chancellor, the ZOA detailed the problems that […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed concern over reports that President-elect Barack Obama and his senior aides have refused all briefings on the current situation in Gaza from the Israeli government and its officials. In this way, he has been depriving himself of information that will be central to his deliberations on […]