Category Op-Ed
OP-ED ‘He Was an Ardent, Farbrente Zionist,’ Mort Klein Says of Late Singer/Actor Ed Ames – JNS

By Menachem Wecker (JUNE 5, 2023 / JNS) Some 15 or 20 years ago, Mort Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, saw a man who looked a lot like entertainer Ed Ames at an American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in Washington. “He was tall. He stood out among everyone,” Klein […]

OP-ED ZOA JNS Op-Ed: Four Professors “Foreign Affairs” Article Promotes Policies Which Would Destroy Israel

By Morton A. Klein (MAY 24, 2023 / JNS) This month’s issue of Foreign Affairs included a disgraceful, antisemitic, Israelophobic article entitled “Israel’s One-State Reality.” It calls Israel libelous names without a shred of evidence and then urges the U.S. government to adopt a Jew-haters’ wish list of 14 anti-Israel policies aimed at crushing, weakening, leaving defenseless […]

OP-ED Former Temporary PM Lapid Shouldn’t Be Campaigning Against Israel in the U.S. – ZOA’s Mort Klein’s Israel Hayom Op-Ed

By Morton A. Klein (APRIL 17, 2023 / ISRAEL HAYOM) Former temporary, caretaker, and unelected Prime Minister Yair Lapid did enormous harm to Israel, American Jewry and U.S.-Israel relations during his Passover trip to the United States, by demonizing Israel’s democratically-elected government as “extremist” and by telling American Jews, Jewish leaders and Democratic politicians to […]

OP-ED The Lie that Jews Committed a Pogrom Against Huwara and Other Facts About Huwara

By Barry Shaw (MARCH 6, 2023  / ARUTZ SHEVA) Some facts you need to know about the murder of Israeli Jews, Palestinian Arab terrorism and Huwara, because they seem to have escaped the attention of your Western media and the Biden administration who just met their Palestinian Arab counterparts in Aqaba, Jordan, and arranged to […]

OP-ED Netanyahu Thanks Min. Smotrich for Apologizing for Misspeaking During His Grief of Emotion Since Arabs Are Repeatedly Murdering Jews

(MARCH 5, 2023 / ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night responded to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s clarification of his comments calling to “wipe out” the Arab village of Huwara. “It is important for all of us to work to tone down the rhetoric and lower the temperature. That includes speaking out […]

OP-ED Israeli Judicial Reforms Are Good for Democracy and Rule of Law – Opinion – the Jerusalem Post

By Morton A. Klein, Elizabeth Berney, Esq. (FEBRUARY 12, 2023 / JERUSALEM POST) The Left has been screaming that the new Israeli government’s judicial reform proposals are “extreme” and “the end of democracy.” However, honest examination reveals that the Israeli Supreme Court has extraordinary, autocratic, unchecked power; that reform is desperately needed, and will be good for […]

OP-ED ZOA’s Klein JPost Op-Ed: There is Nothing Extreme About Israel’s New Government

By ZOA National President Morton A. Klein (JANUARY 1, 2023 / JPOST) The Zionist Organization of America congratulates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Likud party and his coalition partners on the formation of the new government. In these times, when Israeli citizens are being subjected to terror attacks perpetrated by Palestinian Arab terrorists every day, […]

OP-ED ZOA Activists Confront Philadelphia Mayor’s Supported PLO Anti-Israel Event – Jewish Exponent

By Steve Feldman, Greater Philadelphia ZOA Executive Director (DECEMBER 7, 2022 / PHILADELPHIA JEWISH EXPONENT) As any coach, athlete or sports enthusiast knows, if one is not even on the playing field, there is no chance of winning. Even if one’s opponent falls flat on their faces, the best one can hope for is a […]

OP-ED Newsweek Op-Ed by ZOA’s Mort Klein: ZOA Honoring Trump as the Greatest President Ever for Israel and American Jews

(NOVEMBER 2, 2022 / NEWSWEEK) in recent weeks, we’ve seen Jew-hatred promoted by rapper and designer Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), basketball player Kyrie Irving, and the legion of ignorant haters inspired by their bigotry. On a per capita basis, Jews are the victims of more hate crimes in America than any other group; […]

OP-ED Lapid Lied, Telling UN Assembly ‘Large Majority of Israelis’ Want 2-State Solution. They Don’t. – Jewish Press

By David Israel (SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 / JEWISH PRESS) Prime Minister Yair Lapid channeled Benjamin Netanyahu at his finest on Thursday night, when he delivered a well-written speech with just the right amount of strong Israel vs. threatened Israel, the Holocaust, peace in our time (ok, that was Lapid channeling his inner Shimon Peres), and the startup nation […]