Category Press Release
U.S. Amb. to Israel Thomas Nides Endangers Israel’s Security & Interferes with Israeli Sovereignty, Violating International Law

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: Under binding international law, ambassadors and other persons receiving diplomatic immunity in a foreign country are required “to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving state” and “not to interfere in the internal affairs of that State.” (Vienna Convention on Diplomatic […]

ZOA Takes Legal Action Against Anti-Israel Speech from Clifton, NJ Board of Education Commissioners – The Jewish Press

By Eve Glover (SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 / JEWISH PRESS) On May 20, 2021 during a monthly Clifton, NJ school board Zoom meeting where topics such as social distancing and lunch pricing were discussed, Clifton Board of Education commissioners Feras Awwad and Fahim Abedrabbo used their platforms to engage in vitriolic speech against Israel. A war […]

Fox News Joins ZOA in Exposing ADL’s Dangerous, Extremist “Educational” Programs & Joins JNS Editor Tobin in Urging Firing ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Research and Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement: A recent Fox News investigation found that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)’s educational and “anti-bias” programs, which influence millions of American children and thousands of educators and officials, promote far-left and […]

OP-ED ‘The Philadelphia Inquirer’ Continues Its Campaign Against Israel

By Steve Feldman (SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 / JNS) Anti-Israel “news” reports, analyses and op-eds have been routine at The Philadelphia Inquirer for more than a generation. An Aug. 23 staff-written news article about an anti-Jewish extremist who lost a job at a local school a year ago was especially egregious in its efforts to solicit […]

ZOA Praises Bipartisan Congressional Letter Highlighting Concerns about Administration’s Approach to Revive the Iran Nuclear Deal

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement:  The ZOA strongly supports and praises the bipartisan letter 50 U.S. House members wrote to President Joe Biden this week expressing their concerns about the administration’s efforts to revive the Iran Nuclear Deal. The letter was organized by Congressman Josh Gottheimer […]

OP-ED ZOA’s Mort Klein’s JNS Op-Ed: CNN Ignored Left-Wing, Black and Islamist Jew-Hatred in its Special on Antisemitism

By Morton A. Klein, ZOA National President (August 29, 2022 / JNS) There were some good points in CNN’s recent special on antisemitism, such as a discussion of the importance of the Secure Community Network’s synagogue security training, a description of the harassment and death threats against a pro-Israel college student, and the general acknowledgment […]

ZOA Condemns Antisemitic, Anti-Israel Bylaw at Berkeley Law – Urges that Participating Student Groups’ Recognition be Revoked

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) condemns an antisemitic, anti-Israel bylaw promoted by Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and adopted by nine student groups at the University of California’s Berkeley Law. In addition to supporting boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) efforts against Israel, the bylaw provides that groups will not invite speakers […]

ZOA & ZOA National President Morton A. Klein are Honored at 125th Anniversary Celebration of the First World Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) released the following statement: On August 29-31, 2022, exactly 125 years after the founders of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) represented American Jewry at the inspirational First World Zionist Congress convened by Dr. Theodor Herzl in Basel, Switzerland, the ZOA is revisiting Basel and participating in the WZO’s […]

ZOA Strongly Supports Bipartisan Senate Bill Extending Sanctions on Iran

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA strongly supports the bipartisan bill introduced in the senate by Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) to repeal all sunset provisions from the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. The new bill is the Solidify Iran […]

ZOA to State Dep’t: Support Israel in Fight Against Terrorist-Supporting NGOs

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Government Relations Dan Pollak released the following statement: ZOA condemns the lukewarm support of Israel offered by State Dept. spokesman Ned Price following the justified closure by Israeli security forces of the offices of six Palestinian NGOs that have ties to […]