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ZOA’s Longtime Israel Representative Dan Illouz Becomes Member in Israel’s Knesset

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is extremely proud to announce that Dan Illouz, its representative in Israel, has been elected as a member of the 25th Knesset of the state of Israel. Illouz (36), born in Canada, immigrated to Israel in 2009 and immediately joined the Likud movement. An attorney who graduated from McGill […]

Wall St. Journal Published ZOA’s Tuchman Letter on Antisemitism

Alvin Rosenfeld and Leslie Lenkowsky’s op-ed “Can the Biden Administration Define Antisemitism?” (Jan. 8), urging the Biden administration to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, inaccurately describes President Donald Trump’s 2019 Executive Order on Combating Antisemitism. The executive order didn’t simply suggest that federal agencies consider the IHRA definition. It mandated […]

Jerusalem is Holy to Jews, Provides Access to all Religions, & It’s Barely Important to Muslims – Israel Must Control All Jerusalem Holy Sites

British Minister of State for the Middle East Lord Tariq Ahmad visited the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, and affirmed Jordan’s custodial role there tweeting, “I emphasized the UK’s unwavering support for Jordanian Custodianship of Jerusalem’s Holy Sites [and] for the Status Quo.” Ahmad, who is Muslim, prayed at the site. Zionist Organization […]

ZOA Analysis: Most American Rabbis Who Are Boycotting Some Israeli Ministers Are From Extremist Left Wing Groups (J Street; T’ruah; JVP)

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Research and Special Projects Liz Berney, Es. released the following statement: During the holiday of Chanukah, a little over 300 far-left American Jewish clergy who refuse to accept Israeli democracy trampled on the meaning of the holiday by signing a “call […]

FLASH: ISRAEL-JORDAN PEACE TREATY (1994) GUARANTEES JEWS ACCESS TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT – LET MY PEOPLE PRAY

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement: The ZOA criticizes Jordanian King Abudullah II’s latest illegal threats, violating the Israel-Jordan peace agreements, regarding Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount, named for the holy Jewish Temples that stood there. (Notice […]

ZOA: European Union Must Stop Undermining Jewish State of Israel

Forty members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, have responded to a leaked European Union strategy document which detailed how the organization seeks to further its hostile activities toward Israel. In a letter to European Union officials, the Israeli lawmakers highlighted “the one-sidedness and animosity of the EU towards the State of Israel and the Jewish people,” drawing […]

ZOA Opposes Funding of UN in Omnibus Spending Bill

The United Nations Security Council met on December 19, 2022 to hear about the situation in Israel and Judea/Samaria during the period September 21 to December 7 from Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process, who in reality simply represents Palestinian Arab demands. This session occurred during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah which commemorates the […]

ZOA Calls for U.S. to Facilitate Israeli-Saudi Peace and Normalization

Zionist Organization of America National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: Benjamin Netanyahu, the presumptive incoming Israeli Prime Minister, gave an interview to Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya in which he expressed the hope he could work towards normalization with Saudi Arabia, saying such a peace “will be a quantum leap for an overall […]