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 […]

Zionist Organization of America President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America criticizes President Obama’s statements at the “Young Leaders of Americas Initiative Town Hall” in Buenos Aires, Argentina (March 23, 2016) where he falsely blames Israel’s good economy, lack of Israeli concessions, and the Israeli Prime Minister’s re-election ambitions for […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper (D-CO) for signing into law, on March 18, a bill that requires the state’s retirement program to divest from companies that boycott Israel.   Colorado House Bill 1284, the bipartisan motion sponsored by state Representatives Dan Nordberg and Dominick Moreno, was signed into law by Democratic Governor […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: During the past week, Islamic State terrorists murdered dozens of innocent people and wounded hundreds more at a​n​ ​American ticket counter at a Brussels airport, a Brussels train station, ​a restaurant in Turkey where an Israeli tour group was visiting, and an Iraqi soccer stadium; […]

Morton A. Klein, National President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), issued the following statement regarding media reports that the New York State Senate has passed a resolution proposing a cut in funding to the City University of New York (CUNY):  “Last month, the ZOA sent a detailed letter to the CUNY Chancellor and Board […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: On Monday evening, at AIPAC’s invitation, Donald Trump presented his views on the Arab war against Israel at AIPAC’s policy conference.  It is  innappropriate that AIPAC’s leaders then turned around the next morning and condemned Trump’s appropriate criticism of President Obama’s anti-Israel […]