In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) late last week, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyer asked that the trial be suspended during the Jewish Sabbath. Lawyer David Schoen, an Orthodox Jew, asked that the trial proceedings, scheduled to start on Tuesday, end by 5:24 p.m. on Friday and then […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein, Chair Mark Levenson, Esq., and Director of Government Relations Dan Pollak released the following statement: The ZOA strongly praises and gives our heartfelt thanks to Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) for introducing an amendment to the COVID-19 Budget Resolution to keep the U.S. […]

ZOA President Morton A. Klein and Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement:  The ZOA strongly praises the Biden Administration for stating it “embraces and champions” the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of Antisemitism. On February 1, 2021, President Biden’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kara McDonald stated at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in […]

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday downplayed the fact that U.S. President Joe Biden has not yet called Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu since taking office. Asked during her press briefing whether the fact that Biden has not yet called Netanyahu is surprising, she replied, “I don’t know that it’s surprising less than two […]

“Why Is Georgetown Providing a Platform for This Dangerous Group?” an op-ed in the Washington Post had asked.  The group was the Palestine Solidarity Movement, a BDS anti-Israel hate group whose conferences had a history of antisemitism, supporting Hamas and the murder of Jews. Maher Bitar, one of the executive board members of Students for Justice in Palestine, was one […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement: The U.S. Acting Envoy to the United Nations, Ambassador Richard Mills Jr., gave a speech at the UN Security Council yesterday, outlining the Biden administration’s Middle East policies and plans. (See transcript at “Remarks at a UN […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement: The ZOA opposes President Joe Biden “Special Presidential Envoy for Climate” appointee John Kerry. Kerry is yet another dangerous anti-Israel, pro-Iran appointee in the new administration’s deeply worrisome “National Security” team. Kerry is infamous for appeasing Iran, undermining […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) thanks almost 2,000 of our friends for joining and celebrating with ZOA our exciting virtual superstar gala. Here are some of the highlights from this spectacular evening (which you can watch – or watch again – here). The evening began with beautiful children in Sderot, Israel, singing Hatikvah. (Minute 1:53:) The […]

Zionist Organization of America President Morton A. Klein, ZOA Chair Mark Levenson, Esq., released the following statement: ZOA is deeply concerned about another bad Biden nominee – Wendy Sherman, nominated for U.S. Deputy Secretary of State.  Confirming her would be a mistake.  Sherman’s record includes the following: Sherman Threatened Israel with UN Consequences if Israel Does […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton Klein, ZOA Chair Mark Levenson, Esq., released the following statement: ZOA strongly condemns the rumored appointment of Robert Malley to be the “U.S. Special Envoy on Iran.”   Malley has a long, alarming record of anti-Israel hostility and appeasement of Iran, Hamas, the PLO, Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and Syria. Malley’s foreign policy […]