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ZOA Praises U. of Mich.: Punishes Pro-BDS Prof. – As ZOA Urged

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commended the University of Michigan (U-M) today for disciplining Professor John Cheney-Lippold for refusing to write a recommendation letter for a deserving student because she wanted to study in Israel.  The Detroit News reported last evening that it obtained a letter signed by Elizabeth Cole, the interim dean of […]

ZOA to Univ. of Mich.: Publicly Condemn Anti-Semitic Lecture Comparing Netanyahu to Hitler

October 8, 2018 VIA EMAIL President Mark S. Schlissel University of Michigan 2074 Fleming Administration Building 503 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1340 University of Michigan Board of Regents 500 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI  48109 Dear President Schlissel and Honorable Members of the Board of Regents:            On September 21, we submitted a complaint […]

ZOA Urges European Parliament to Cease Funding Abbas’ P.A.

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has urged the European Parliament to cease aid to Mahmoud Abbas’ anti-Jewish hatred-inciting Palestinian Authority (PA), a measure which is currently under consideration. The EU is the largest financial donor of the PA.   The European Parliament’s Budgetary Control Committee is due to vote in late October on an […]

ZOA to UPenn: Upcoming Anti-Israel Program Promotes Ugly Lies – Invite Pro-Israel Speaker

VIA EMAIL Professor Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet Director, University of Pennsylvania’s Middle East Center 228 Fisher-Bennett Hall, 3340 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6203   Dear Professor Kashani-Sabet: We write on behalf of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest and one of the largest pro-Israel organizations in the U.S., whose mission includes fighting anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias […]

ZOA To ADL: Cancel Anti-Semitic, Misogynist Trevor Noah as ADL Headliner

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Special Projects Elizabeth Berney, Esq. released the following statement:   The ZOA urges the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to cancel its plan to honor Trevor Noah as the headliner at the ADL’s upcoming “unity” event in Connecticut, due to Trevor Noah’s long history, continuing […]

ZOA Lobbied for and Praises Enactment of the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commended Congress for passing the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATC Act), and praised President Trump for signing it into law yesterday. The ZOA strongly advocated for this much-needed legislation, which will close loopholes in the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1992, and help American victims of terrorism abroad to hold […]

A Palestinian State Would Be Another Arab Terrorist State

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The so-called “two-state solution” is not the key to peace – either in Israel or in the greater Middle East.  The misnomer “two-state solution” really means creating a Palestinian-Arab terror state on historic Jewish lands – lands legally designated under internationally binding treaties for reconstituting […]

ZOA Strongly Praises Pres. Trump’s Refreshingly Honest Superb UN Speech

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA strongly praises President Trump’s refreshingly honest superb speech at the United Nations yesterday.  The president pointed out that the Iranian Islamist regime “chants Death to America,” “threatens Israel with annihilation,” and “cannot allow them the means to deliver a nuclear warhead […]

An Open Letter to the General Manager and Board of Directors of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) From the Zionist Organization of America

Dear General Manager Grace Crunican and Members of BART’s Board of Directors: We were appalled to learn that BART is displaying an anti-Semitic hate group’s ad at two BART stations.  The ad reads “History Matters!” and identifies the name of the advertiser, the Institute for Historical Review (IHR), an anti-Semitic hate group.  In keeping with […]

OP-ED LA Times Letter: ZOA’s Tuchman Refutes Error-Filled Times’ Editorial on Anti-Semitism

To the editor: The State Department definition of anti-Semitism now being used by the Department of Education isn’t some “dangerously broad” leap by the Trump administration. It’s essentially what the State Department has been using since it was mandated by a 2004 law to document and combat acts of anti-Semitism globally. The State Department definition […]