The influential conservative pro-Israel leader, Morton Klein, says he’s deeply concerned to read a CNN report that former Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is the leading contender to be the U.S. ambassador to NATO. Klein, who leads the conservative Zionist Organization of America, is close to Republican and pro-Trump mega-donor Sheldon Adelson. Klein tells me the […]

April 27, 2017 VIA EMAIL Chancellor James B. Milliken The City University of New York 205 East 42nd Street New York, NY  10017 Dear Chancellor Milliken: Last year, when we brought to your attention the many anti-Semitic incidents that Jewish students had endured at CUNY, you emphatically responded that CUNY condemns anti-Semitism and all other […]

The ZOA commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day to never forget the six million precious Jewish souls that were lost due to unbridled hatred of the Jewish people by the German Nazis and others.  A callous and uncaring world whose own indifference and even enmity toward Jews allowed this to happen.  Millions of beautiful Jewish people could […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized Jordanian King Abdullah for his assertion that the Israeli/Palestinian Arab impasse is the core problem of the Middle East and advised President Trump to ignore this oft-repeated cliché about the conflict which is designed to blame Israel for the region’s problems.   In a press conference with […]

ZOA’s Morton A. Klein said, “The ZOA sincerely congratulates Amb. David Friedman on this wonderful achievement in a life filled with many achievements. Amb Friedman’s parents Rabbi and Ms. Morris Friedman and Hashem by their side are welling up with pride and joy. This is a great day for America, Israel, the Jewish people and […]

Last week, the Jerusalem Post and other news agencies reported that in a Paris suburb, two Jewish brothers wearing kippot (Jewish skullcaps) were attacked while driving their car by Middle Easterners driving another car. According to a case report: “While the vehicle was in motion, the driver and a passenger shouted anti-Semitic slogans at the […]

For the second time in a month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed the leader of a major Western power that Israel will retain full security control over all of the disputed territories in any future arrangement with Palestinians.  Netanyahu told Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in a closed-door meeting Sunday that Israel would […]

Canada’s current position on Israeli “settlements” is that they are illegal because they violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, specifically Paragraph 6 which states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” The time has come for Canada to change our position to […]

Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, took the helm of a declining organization in 1993 and blew new life into it with his robust championing of Israel. In an interview with The Jewish Press, Klein shared his views and visions concerning the ZOA and Israel. The Jewish Press: How did you […]

My friend David Friedman has the potential to be the greatest US Ambassador to Israel ever. He thoroughly understands the detailed tragic reality of the Arab/Islamic war against Israel. He has a powerful grasp of Israel’s defense needs, the dangers they face, and the danger now of a Hamas/PA State. No previous ambassador appreciates the […]