OpEd – Morton A. Klein – 212-481-1500     The whole world now knows that for nearly 20 years, Senator Barack Obama has attended Chicago‘s Trinity United Church and that his pastor is Rev. Jeremiah Wright. In his speech on race on March 18, Senator Obama criticized some of Rev. Wright’ statements but also […]

In Hamas controlled Gaza, the National Committee for Defense of Children from the Holocaust opened its activities with a Holocaust exhibit – which teaches nothing whatever about the Nazi genocide of European Jewry, but shows instead Israelis carrying out the Holocaust. Palestinian children in Gaza were gathered for an exhibition that depicts Israel burning children […]

Three U.S. Senators Also Criticize Decision    The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) applauds the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (Presidents’ Conference) for its forceful letter to Stephanie Monroe, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, stating that “[w]e are troubled by your agency’s recent decision to […]

A new Palestinian poll shows that 84% of Palestinians approve of the March 6 terrorist attack on the Mercaz Harav seminary in Jerusalem in which 8 people, mainly teenagers, were murdered and a further 40 wounded. The poll, carried out by Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki, interviewed 1,270 Palestinians and had a margin of sampling error […]

A new Israeli poll has shown that 64.9% of Israelis – nearly two-thirds – are opposed to further withdrawals in Judea and Samaria, while only 23.9% said they were in favor. The poll, conducted by Motagim and commissioned by the SOS Israel Organization, shows that far fewer Israelis support withdrawals than did at the time […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to quit his racist, anti-American, anti-Israel church and repudiate his pastor, Jeremiah Wright. The ZOA has issued this call following disturbing revelations across the national media regarding Pastor Wright and his Trinity United Church of Christ. Wright has delivered […]

By Morton A. KleinNational President, Zionist Organization of America Hillel, the largest Jewish campus organization, does some fine work.  But sometimes it contributes to the anti-Israel problems on campus that Hillel is purportedly committed to addressing, by hosting programs that unfairly blacken Israel’s image, and giving podiums to college leaders who won’t address Israel-bashing on […]

Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) has lauded the slain Hizballah terror master Imad Muginyeh as well as Alaa Abu D’heim, who perpetrated last week’s massacre in Jerusalem’s Mercaz Harav seminary, in which eight people, all but one in their teens, were killed. Mugniyeh was a veteran terrorist who, until his death in a car bomb […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is strongly supportive of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s statement yesterday that “The creation of a Palestinian state is not the required answer to Israel’s security needs.” Livni made this declaration to visiting U.S. envoy, James Jones, in the context of discussions regarding the diplomatic process amid the current […]

The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), a think tank working for an effective U.S. defense capability and for informing the defense and foreign affairs community about the important role Israel plays in bolstering democratic interests in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, has issued a report arguing that Israel should end negotiations with […]