ZOA Government Relations Department Director Dan Pollak and Deputy Director Joel Kassiday were instrumental in helping Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) gain the signatures of 19 bipartisan lawmakers on a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting the extradition to the U.S. of Alhan Aref Ahmad-Tamimi from Jordan. Al-Tamimi has been charged by the U.S. […]
Zionist Organization of America and its National President Morton A. Klein and Chairman Mark Levenson, Esq. condemn with all our hearts the horrific massacres in Nigeria of over 120 innocent Christians since February, carried out by radical Muslim Fulani herdsman-terrorists. Militant Islamist Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed thousands of Christians last year, and more than 60,000 people […]
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein, Chairman Mark Levenson, Esq. and ZOA Director of Special Projects Elizabeth Berney, Esq. released the following statement: The ZOA strongly praises the U.S. State Department Human Rights reports on Israel, the Golan Heights, Gaza and the West Bank for dropping the use of the inaccurate term […]
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commended Pitzer College President Melvin I. Oliver today for vetoing the recommendation by the College Council (comprised of faculty, students and staff) to suspend Pitzer’s study-abroad program with the University of Haifa in Israel. In a thoughtful and detailed message to the Pitzer community yesterday, President Oliver emphasized that his […]
Zionist Organization of America and its National President Morton A. Klein and Chairman Mark Levenson, Esq. condemn with all our hearts the horrific murder of 49 innocent Muslims while at prayer in mosques in New Zealand. We send our heartfelt condolences to their families and friends. The vicious terrorists who perpetrated this monstrous act are […]
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) criticizes 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I–VT) for employing three figures as senior staffers on his campaign, Faiz Shakir and Matthew Duss, who come with histories of involvement with anti-Semitism while both served at the left-wing think tank, the Center for American Progress (CAP), and Belén Sisa. The […]
We did not come to praise Bradley Burston wonders why the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), which I head, is “defending Israel’s KKK slime?” The answer is that we’re not. At no point in our press release did we offer praise or support for Otzma Yehudit or agreement with its policies, nor would we wish to […]
Your editorial was entirely correct to point out that New York Times columnist Michelle Alexander wrongly and misleadingly invoked Martin Luther King in support of her vicious criticism of Israel, when in fact Rev. Dr. King was a staunch, principled supporter of Israel and Zionism (“Speaking Unfairly For Dr. King,” Jan. 25). Not only did […]
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement: ZOA previously explained in detail that the watered-down House “Antisemitism” resolution passed yesterday fails to even mention the major antisemitism problem of violent Islamist attacks on Jews; fails to mention that Congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Alexandrea […]
Dan Schnur is right that the legislation sponsored by Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) is constitutional and necessary (“The Right to Punish Free Speech,” Feb. 15). The Rubio-Manchin bill enables local and state governments to withhold money from those who advocate the destruction of Israel and shields such governments from retaliation from […]
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