The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the Obama Administration statement issued this week by State Department spokesman John Kirby which blasted the mere announcement of new housing construction plans for Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem as “corrosive” to the cause of peace in his press statement. It is anti-Semitic to demand that no […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the vile and deeply disturbing burning of U.S. and Israeli flags outside the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia by a mob shouting “intifada” or terror war against Israeli Jews, and called upon Democratic leaders to publicly condemn these acts.  According to reports, […]

It’s wrong for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to have failed to condemn as blatant anti-Semitism Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA)’s “termites” label for Jews living in Judea/Samaria.  It’s also wrong for the ADL to have accepted Johnson’s phony apology “tweet.”  Congressman Johnson merely tweeted: “Poor choice of words – apologies for offense.  Point is settlement activity […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to a new investigative study by Israeli journalists into the claims made by the NGO, Breaking the Silence, showing that, of 10 recent claims of beating and shooting of innocents allegedly committed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) , two were outright lies, two others were exaggerated, […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: ZOA sends our heartfelt condolences to the families of the 84 innocent people, including 15 children, who were murdered in the truck attack in Nice, France yesterday by radical Islamist Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel.   ZOA also sends our prayers for recovery to the 188 […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised the passage by the Knesset in Jerusalem of the Transparency Law, which requires Israeli Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) to disclose sources of funding from foreign governments.    Under the law, nonprofit organizations and public benefit companies that receive a majority of their funding from foreign government sources are […]

July 8, 2016 VIA EMAIL Andrew Hamilton, President New York University 70 Washington Square South New York, NY  10012 Dear President Hamilton: We write on behalf of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest and one of the largest pro-Israel organizations in the U.S., whose leaders have included U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the statement issued by the Middle East Quartet (the U.S., the U.N., the European Union & Russia) which, while rightly criticizing Palestinian incitement to hatred and murder as a factor responsible for the non-attainment of peace, also criticizes Israeli “settlement-building” –– that is, Jews living and building […]

ZOA President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: Israelis and Jews and the caring pro-Israel community throughout the world are again reeling from two more brutal, murderous Palestinian-Arab terrorist attacks in the last week. Unfortunately, the U.S. State Department’s official “condolence statement” on the murder of Israeli-American Jew, Hallel-Yaffa Ariel, doesn’t mention that it […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton Klein issued the following release: The horrific terrorist attacks yesterday at the airport in Istanbul, Turkey, and elsewhere this week are yet another tragic reminder that the U.S. administration, Congress, all Muslim religious and political leaders, and the world must finally get serious about combatting radical Islamist terrorism.   […]