The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized Vice-President Joseph Biden’s attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government in a speech he delivered to the the extremist anti-Israel J Street group.   Biden violated his own “Biden Doctrine” pledge, and warning he announced at the 2001 ZOA Brandeis Dinner in Philadelphia in […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) supported Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that the Golan Heights will remain permanently under Israeli control, a statement that has been criticized by President Barack Obama’s Administration. In a Cabinet meeting, Mr. Netanyahu cited the millennia-long Jewish connection the Golan Heights and said that “Israel will never withdraw […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton Klein released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America wishes to thank the Hillcrest Jewish Center in Queens, New York, and its charismatic Rabbi Manes Kogan and dedicated activist Robert Kenler for hosting and co-sponsoring with ZOA a successful breakfast talk by dynamic young Israeli Knesset Member […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) today called on James B. Milliken, the Chancellor of The City of New York (CUNY), and the CUNY Board of Trustees to issue a statement to the CUNY community, publicly condemning a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions, which is under consideration by the Doctoral Students’ Council (DSC), the […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) opposes as racist and a violation of the Oslo Accords a push by Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) to have a draft resolution introduced in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemning construction of Jewish homes within Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as an obstacle to peace. It […]

Distinguished experts in international law have been tapped by the Legal Grounds Campaign, which is co-chaired by ZOA Israel Director Jeff Daube, to teach select Israeli students in law and international relations about Israel’s legal rights, especially as applied to administration, residence and development in Judea and Samaria. The brand new Salomon Benzimra Memorial Law Course, named after the […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. issued the following statement: Last week, an ABC TV series, aptly named “Scandal,” equated “wearing a black skullcap” to evil-doing.  A black skullcap (also called a yarmulke or kippah) is an item worn by religious Jews.  In […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to a recent statement by Palestinian Authority (PA) president and dictator, Mahmoud Abbas, indicating that the PA chief regards all of Israel as an “occupation.” As a result, the ZOA has noted that, whenever the PA demands an end to “occupation” or claims that it recognizes Israel […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the letter sent by Senator Patrick Leahy (D–VT) and nine Democratic House Members to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, calling for investigating allegations of “gross violations of human rights” by Israel and Egypt, citing a “disturbing number of reports” to this effect. The nine House Members […]

In response to statements made by the European Union’s ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, arguing in favor of an EU policy framework premised on “West Bank settlements” being “illegal under international law,” the Legal Grounds Campaign has called on him to publicly debate Professor Eugene Kontorovich, a renowned expert on international law at Northwestern University and senior legal think tank fellow […]