The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed criticism and concern over specific statements and claims contained in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last week. Below is President Obama’s specific statements, followed by ZOA’s critique:     “Today, the organization that      attacked us on 9/11 is a shadow of its former self. Different […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to further alarming statements from Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. During Hagel’s confirmation hearings, it emerged that Hagel, during a 2009 Al-Jazeera interview, agreed with a questioner that the U.S. was “the world’s bully”; that Palestinians were the victims of Israeli war […]

Honor Koch’s Request: Oppose Chuck Hagel     The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) mourns the loss of Mayor Ed Koch. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, “I will miss the Mayor terribly. I am proud and honored to say that Mayor Ed Koch was a friend of mine.  We would speak by phone […]

ZOA: Senators Should Vote to Reject Hagel The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to further, alarming statements made by President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, and urged senators to vote against confirming him in that office. The far-left J Street, which present itself as a pro-Israel group, has now […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Palestinian Authority (PA) president and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas for reiterating his long-standing Holocaust denial. During a recent interview on Al Meyadeen, a Lebanon-based broadcast channel, Abbas claimed that Zionism and Nazism were complicit prior to World War II, stating, “I challenge anyone to deny the relationship […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized President Barack Obama for providing this week four new, state-of-the art F-16 warplanes to the extremist, anti-Semitic Islamist Egyptian regime of Mohamed Morsi. The four F-16s are part of a package of military aid to Egypt encompassing 16 F-16s jets and 200 M1A1 Abrams tanks that was […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) expresses deep and heartfelt sorrow at the news of the passing of Ron Nachman, the visionary founder of Ariel in Judea, Israel. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, “I knew and greatly respected Ron Nachman. I am proud to say that Ron Nachman was a friend of mine. […]

ZOA: Cancel Arms Package to Morsi Regime The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the despicable, anti-Semitic bile of Egyptian president and former Muslim Brotherhood senior official, Mohamed Morsi, and called upon the Obama Administration for the cancellation of an imminent U.S. arms package for Egypt of 20 F-16 aircraft and 200 Abrams tanks. […]

In regard to claims made by several prominent Jewish organizations and others that the President makes policy and his cabinet members simply follow his direction – thereby justifying their failure to oppose President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary – the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed out that former Secretary of […]

 The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has noted further disturbing episodes in the career of Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense.   The Washington Post revealed that Hagel blamed Israel for Palestinian terrorism when he said in August 1998, “The Israeli government essentially continues to play games … Desperate men do desperate […]