Category Op-Ed
OP-ED US-Iran-Lebanon Coordination Plan Sidelines Israel in Hezbollah Conflict — ZOA’s Morton Klein’s Jerusalem Post Op-Ed

Vance’s proposal isn’t “deconfliction.” Instead, it is a mechanism to limit Israel’s ability to respond while Hezbollah pursues conflict. By Morton A. Klein (June 29, 2026 / JPOST) Following the first round of negotiations in Switzerland, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced that “the parties [the US and Islamic Republic of Iran] agreed on the creation of […]

OP-ED ZOA’s Kobi Erez JNS Op-Ed: The War That Follows Israel’s Soldiers Home

Mental-health professionals and military officials have warned of a significant rise in psychological distress, highlighting the need for expanded treatment, rehabilitation and long-term support. By Kobi Erez (June 23, 2026 / JNS) The soldiers sat on a hill overlooking Jerusalem, the Israeli flag snapping in the wind above them. For once, no one was giving orders. […]

OP-ED The U.S.-Iran MOU Provision Purporting to Restrict Israel Is Unlawful

By Morton A. Klein and Elizabeth Berney, Esq. Point One of the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) purports to restrict Israel’s defensive operations and eliminate Israel’s security buffer against the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon. The MOU’s preamble and Point One state: “The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have jointly […]

OP-ED ZOA’s Government Relations Deputy Director Adam Turner’s Wash Examiner Op-Ed on Iran

No Trump Agreement Could Be as Bad as Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal By Adam Turner (May 27, 2026 / Washington Examiner) The United States may have negotiated a deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran to end the war, but the specifics of the deal are, so far, opaque, with much misinformation circulating. This has […]

OP-ED ZOA’s Morton Klein’s JPost Op-Ed: When NY Times Journalism Becomes a Weapon Against Israel

Modern anti-Israel narratives echo historic blood libels and fuel hostility toward Jews globally. By Morton A. Klein (May 24, 2026 / Jerusalem Post) The New York Times has long been notorious for its severe bias and hatred against Israel and the Jewish people. The Times’ systematic failures to report on the Holocaust in the 1940’s […]

OP-ED USA Today Op-Ed by ZOA’s Morton Klein: For Iran, Delay Isn’t a Tactic. It Is the Strategy.

By Morton A. Klein (May 7, 2026 / USA Today) In conventional diplomacy, delay is treated as a temporary obstacle. Negotiations stall, deadlines slip, and parties assume that more time will eventually yield compromise. With the Islamic Republic of Iran, that assumption is not merely incorrect. It is strategically dangerous. Delay is not a malfunction […]

OP-ED Washington Examiner Op-Ed by ZOA’s Morton Klein: Be Careful, President Trump: Indefinite Delays Are Iran’s Favorite Weapon

By Morton A. Klein, ZOA National President (April 24, 2026 / Washington Examiner) Indefinite delays are not a side issue in dealing with the Islamic Republic of Iran. They are the strategy. For decades, this terrorist regime has perfected the art of stalling, deflecting, and prolonging negotiations in order to advance its most dangerous objectives […]

OP-ED ZOA Condemns Pa. Jewish Governor Shapiro for Increasing Antisemitism by Falsely Accusing Israel of Bullying Trump to Attack Iran – Klein/Berney JNS Op-Ed

(April 23, 2026 / JNS) In light of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro being one of the most prominent American Jews in both the Democratic Party and the public eye, he should know better than to make false accusations against the State of Israel and its leader. This comes in light of Shapiro himself experiencing a […]

OP-ED ZOA’s Morton Klein Op-Ed: Stop Spreading the ‘Settler Violence’ Libel – Jewish News Syndicate

The media, NGOs, the Palestinian Authority and even certain statements by Diaspora leaders ignore the real problem and only serve to add to rising international antisemitism. By Morton A. Klein (April 12, 2026 / JNS) During the past two years, egged on by incitement by the Palestinian Authority and some $400 million per year of […]

OP-ED ZOA Klein/Berney JNS Op-Ed: New PA Constitution: More Terrorism/No Israel—Makes PA State a Dangerous Folly

Just like Hamas’s governing documents, the maximalist “Palestine” constitution demands Israel’s total eradication. By Morton A. Klein and Elizabeth A. Berney, Esq. (March 19, 2026 / JNS) The draft of the “State of Palestine” constitution, authored by Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas’s constitution committee and released in February, makes it crystal clear that the P.A. […]