Though Israelis are scarcely surprised by the phenomenon of Palestinian terrorism, they were nonetheless sickened by the recent rape of a 19-year old girl, Ori Ansbacher, by Arafat Irfaiya, a 29-year old Palestinian Arab from Hebron. Upon capture by Israeli forces, Irfaiya made plain the motive underlying his foul deed when he told his interrogators, […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Syracuse University for offering college credit to students who intern for the Syracuse Peace Council (SPC), an organization that promotes the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The two majors courses, ‘the Citizenship and Civic Engagement’ (CCE) and the ‘Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition’ majors issue college […]

On Sunday, February 10, 2019, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) presented a program on campus anti-Semitism to 35 parents and 20 high school seniors at the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies (BCHSJS) in Bergen County, NJ.  Offering a variety of courses on Sunday mornings, as well as a breadth of social and […]

Click here to view ZOA’s letter to Dean Rimer as a PDF.

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has applauded President Donald Trump’s call for Rep. Ihlan Omar (D–MN) to resign over anti-Semitic tweets. Rep. Omar, a freshman legislator voted into office in the 2018 midterm elections, has an astonishing and disturbing record of anti-Semitic and extreme anti-Israel words and deeds.   When running for Congress, Rep. […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton Klein and ZOA Director of Special Projects, Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement: Again and again, Israel-hating Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has displayed frightening, deep-seated, dangerous antisemitism and hatred towards the Jewish people.   Rep. llhan Omar falsely called Israel “evil” and an “apartheid regime.” She promotes anti-Israel […]

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appointed the first-term Omar to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, among other assignments, last month. The ZOA calls on House Democrat leadership to (i) immediately remove Rep. Omar from her committee assignments; and (ii) call an immediate vote on Rep. Lee Zeldin’s H.Res 72, Rejecting anti-Israel and anti-Semitic […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: “These tweets below from Rep. Ilhan Omar, along with several comments that she has made over the years, are pure, unadulterated, evil, frighteningly dangerous anti-Semitism. The Zionist Organization of America calls on House Democrat leadership to (i) immediately remove Rep. Omar from […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly applauds the passage in the US Senate of the “Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019” supporting Israel and US-Israel relations. The bill passed by an overwhelming majority of 77-23, and included language to fight BDS at the State and local levels. The bill was […]

Omar, who is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, tweeted in 2012, in the midst of conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza: “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.”    Her tweet has been criticized — especially […]