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ZOA Celebrates Centenary Of History-Making Balfour Declaration

  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has proudly noted today’s centenary celebration of the Balfour Declaration, issued on November 2, 1917, which declared British support for the establishment within the then-Ottoman Empire territory of Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.   On this day a century ago, the British Foreign Secretary, […]

ZOA’s Mort Klein Tweets about Terrorism and Religion

Can someone also explain to us: If there’s no relationship between Islam and terrorism as many claim — why are the overwhelming majority of random terrorist attacks committed by Muslims — and not by Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, or Jews? Also, Muslims frequently scream out “Alahu Akbar” (translated- “Allah [the Muslim God] is the greatest”) while […]

ZOA Appalled at Sen. McConnell/Josh Holmes Falsehoods About Bannon’s Views About Jews

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: As the leader of the oldest pro-Israel group in the United States and as a child of Holocaust survivors, who was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany after losing most of my family to the evil anti-Semites of Nazi Germany, […]

Media Failure to Report Abbas’ Fatah Aims and Statements to Never Accept & Destroy Israel

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to the media’s failure and refusal to identify and report the declared goals of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party, which controls the Palestinian Authority (PA) as constituting an obstacle to informing the public about the eliminationist goals of the Palestinian Arab movement. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) — an umbrella […]

Fmr. Defense Min Ya’alon: No Prospects For [Peace] Agreement in Foreseeable Future

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has noted recent statements by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff and former Defense Minister Lieutenant-General Moshe Ya’alon that there are no foreseeable prospects for a genuine Israeli/Palestinian peace agreement and that Israel’s on-going security needs necessitates a continued IDF presence in Judea/Samaria that serves as a […]

Abbas’ Party Openly Refuses Recognition of Israel and Demands Hamas Not Recognize Israel

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to the recent reassertion by Fatah, the ruling party co-founded by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, which controls the PA, that it will never recognize Israel. Speaking on Fatah-run Awdah TV, Fatah spokesman Osama Al-Qawasmi told Hamas that it should not recognize Israel, since Fatah itself […]

German Intelligence: Iran Improving Its Ballistic Missiles

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to new reports from German intelligence indicating that Iran continues to obtain materials and to work on improving its development of ballistic missiles as a further reason for terminating the Iran nuclear deal.    According to a report in the Berlin daily Der Tagesspiegel:       “Despite […]

ZOA Praises Pres. Trump’s Decision to Take U.S. Out of UNESCO

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised President Donald Trump for his decision to withdraw the United States from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on account of its extreme and persistent anti-Israel bias and politicization of its work. In notifying the UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, of the US decision to […]

ZOA Mourns Passing of Its Vice-Chair and Zionist Giant, Irwin Hochberg

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) mourns the passing of our beloved Vice-Chair Irwin Hochberg.  Irwin was a Zionist giant who was a leader in numerous Jewish organizations from the UJA-Federation, New York to Israel Bonds and ZOA. Irwin’s love of Israel and devotion to Israel and the Jewish people was second-to-none.  He spent almost […]

ZOA’s Mort Klein in Breitbart – Trump Must Decertify Iran Deal, Reimpose Sanctions

I urge President Donald Trump to decertify Iranian compliance with the catastrophic 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and to reimpose sanctions on Iran for its failure to cease supporting international terrorist groups and internal human rights abuses. I also recommend decertifying the deal and imposing sanctions because Iran is already in […]