The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) was appalled that while the Obama administration “condemned” Israel’s announcement of building homes in eastern Jerusalem as an “insult” and “affront” to the U.S., it soft pedaled and barely criticized Afghan President Hamid Karzai after he threatened to “join the Taliban,” and warmly welcomed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in […]

ZOA urges Clinton to correct this falsehood       The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for whitewashing Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA) by falsely stating that the recent Palestinian ceremony honoring terrorist Dalal Mughrabi was organized only by Hamas, not Fatah or the PA. […]

 Obama actions are an insult and affront to all Jews         Reports and editorials from around the world state that President Obama treated Prime Minister Netanyahu of the Jewish state of Israel in a disgraceful and unwarranted manner.   The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly condemns President Obama for his behavior […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking her “to apologize to your former New York constituents (when you were their Senator) for having misled them by falsely claiming to support an undivided Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.”  The letter was signed by Morton A. Klein, President of […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to continuing, prolific examples of Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas’ ongoing support for the legitimacy of anti-Israel terrorism, rejection of Israel as a Jewish state. This week, it was reported that “Abbas … said that the Palestinian people had a national right to resistance against […]

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed out the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act, which calls for Jerusalem to remain undivided under Israeli control, is being violated by the insistence of the Obama Administration that Jews cease to build homes in eastern Jerusalem as a prelude to its division. The Jerusalem Embassy Act, passed […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), together with 12 other Jewish organizations, sent a letter on March 16, 2010, to Arne Duncan, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, urging him to ensure that the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) protects Jewish students from anti-Semitic harassment, intimidation and discrimination under Title VI […]

  One of the reasons the Zionist enterprise has succeeded to the extent that it has is the intimate partnership linking Israel with the Diaspora. When communities in Israel are in distress or under attack, when individuals and populations are in need yet feeling neglected or isolated—it is this partnership that, importantly, reminds Israelis they […]

  Recently, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), working with Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO), hosted Dr. Martin Sherman for a Capitol Hill briefing reevaluating the Arab-Israel “Peace Process.”  Congressman Lamborn and dozens of congressional staff from various House and Senate offices were in attendance.   Dr. Martin Sherman, currently the Visiting Israeli Shusterman Scholar at […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the Obama Administration for its unprecedented, biased and disgraceful condemnation of Israel for announcing a program of building Jewish homes in eastern Jerusalem, while failing to condemn the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s naming a public square in Ramallah after Dalal Mughrabi, who commanded the terrorists that perpetrated the […]