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 […]

A new poll has shown that a clear majority of 60% of Palestinian Arabs support the continuation of the current wave of terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians that has been ongoing since last September. During what has been dubbed the ‘Wave of terror,’ the ‘Intifada of the Individuals’ and the ‘Knife Intifada,’ in which over […]

Yariv Oppenheimer, the leader of Peace Now in Israel, has provided a rationale for Palestinian Arabs murdering, stabbing, and car-ramming innocent Jews. In a recent Op-Ed in YNET, Oppenheimer wrote, “Terrorism can be condemned all day and all night, but in order to neutralize it we must study its motives and deal with its root […]

During President Obama’s speech at a Washington D.C. synagogue last May, President Obama repeated his often-stated mantra: “my commitment to Israel’s security — is and always will be unshakable.”  However, a recent interview reveals that President Obama in fact “questions” the cornerstone of America’s commitment to Israel’s security – namely, the requirement, enshrined in U.S. […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging all pro-Israel individuals and organizations to oppose a reported push by President Barack Obama to sponsor a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution calling for the creation of a Palestinian state that would, among other things, divide Jerusalem, Israel’s eternal and undivided capital. A report in the […]