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ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted—U.S. Jewish Groups Support, Pray for Israel as It Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites – JNS

“This is a sacred preemptive defensive war to protect Western civilization,” stated Morton Klein, of the ZOA. By JNS Staff (June 12, 2025 / JNS) Major U.S. Jewish groups released statements on Thursday night in support of Israel’s strike on Iranian military and nuclear sites. “Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, carried out in violation of […]

ZOA’s Klein Quoted – Will DC Shooting Lead to Harsher Crackdown on Pro-Palestinians? JPost

By Ron Kampeas (May 25, 2025 / JPost) In the weeks and months before Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were gunned down by a man who then shouted “Free Palestine,” President Donald Trump had already waged a battle on pro-Palestinian activism. His administration sought to deport student activists. It froze billions of dollars in funding […]

ZOA Leader Morton Klein Condemns Embassy Staffer Murders | Newsmax.com

By Sandy Fitzgerald (May 22, 2025 / Newsmax) Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), said Thursday the organization condemns the “brutal antisemitic murder” of Israel Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. “This heinous act by a subhuman killer must be […]

OP-ED Donald Trump Is Fighting Antisemitism, But Jewish Leaders Condemn Him in Full Page NY Times Ad

How sickening that former Jewish leaders want Jews to “resist” the protection of Jewish students. By Morton A. Klein (May 18, 2025 / JPost) Imagine if the following were happening today: African-American students were being harassed and violently attacked on college campuses, nonstop. Massive Ku Klux Klan mobs were setting up encampments, blocking African-American students’ […]

ZOA’s Morton Klein to Israel Natl. News: You Don’t Make Deals with Iran — You Destroy Their Nuke Materials & Facilities

  “Iran will not fulfill their obligations under any deal they sign. They’ll sign anything and they will violate it. With regimes like Iran, like Syria, like Iraq, you don’t make deals to stop them from having nukes. You destroy their facilities.”   By Yoni Kempinski (April 29, 2025 / Arutz Sheva) Morton Klein, President […]

Sovereignty Over Judea/Samaria Promoted by ZOA’s Morton Klein at Jerusalem Conference – JNS

“[Israeli Foreign Minister] Gideon Sa’ar spoke to all the Jewish organizations in February and pleaded with them to publicly oppose a Palestinian state. Only my organization did,” Klein said. By David Isaac (April 28, 2025 / JNS) Politicians, intellectuals and activists agreed on Sunday that applying Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria is the only […]

USA Today Op-Ed by ZOA Pres. Morton Klein: Trump’s Antisemitism Strategy Teaches What Universities Have Failed to

By Morton A. Klein (April 11, 2025 / USA Today) Over the past 18 months, an alarming wave of antisemitic incidents has flourished across college campuses, with Jewish students facing harassment, violence, and intimidation on a scale never seen in this country. Tragically, these incidents have become part of a broader narrative of unchecked antisemitism […]

ZOA’s Morton Klein Article in Moment Magazine: What Does It Mean to Be Pro-Israel in 2025?

“I would expand my call for rabbis and other Jewish organizational leaders and Israeli leaders to promote the pro-Israel cause by fighting anti-Israel propaganda lies: the lie that Israel is an ‘occupier’ of her own lawful, G-d given land; the lie that Jerusalem is holy to Muslims; the lie that Israel commits ‘genocide’; the lie […]