The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised the Obama Administration for the walk-out by U.S. Ambassador, Joseph McManus, from a meeting with Iranian diplomats after one of them accused Israel of “genocide.” During a closed-door meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian Ambassador, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, launched into what has been described […]
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed heartfelt condolences to the family of Jacques Torczyner, legendary Zionist leader and former president of the ZOA, who passed away Thursday night at the age 98. Born in Belgium in 1914, Jacques Torczyner came to the U.S. in 1940, having escaped the Nazi invasion of Belgium. He […]
Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA)-controlled media continues to promote the classic anti-Semitic tract, produced by the Tsarist secret police at the turn of last century, that inspired Hitler and Nazism, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, with both PA TV broadcasting and the Maan Network, promoting the tract in the past month. PA promotion […]
Shocked That AIPAC, ADL, AJC & Others Didn’t Oppose Him This is a sad and worrying day for America, the West and Israel. This is a good day for Iran, Hamas, Hizballah and such. It is deeply troubling that the U.S. Senate has confirmed Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Hagel was confirmed by 58 […]
ZOA Opposes Brennan Nomination The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed concern at and opposition to the nomination by President Barack Obama of John O. Brennan to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The ZOA has pointed out that John Brennan, who is currently President Obama’s chief security adviser for counter-terrorism, […]
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has applauded the 15 senators who wrote today to President Barack Obama, urging him to withdraw his nomination of former senator Chuck Hagel for the post of Defense Secretary, and has joined them in urging President Obama to do so. In a letter to President Obama, Senators Cornyn (R-TX), […]
A new poll has shown that a plurality of Americans – 38% – have an unfavorable opinion of Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. The poll, conducted by Rasmussen Reports during February 16–17, 2013, showed that, in contrast, only 28% of Americans held a favorable view of Hagel, while over […]
ADL, AJC, AIPAC Should Explicitly Oppose Hagel The American Jewish Committee (AJC) yesterday called for a “further review of Chuck Hagel’s views on vitally important national security and foreign policy issues…before any final vote is taken.” The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which has said “the sentiments Hagel expressed…border on anti-Semitism in the genre of professors Mearscheimer […]
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 […]
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