Category ZOA in the news
JTA: ZOA Blasts Supreme Court’s Siding with PLO Terrorists Not US Victims

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to victims of terrorism seeking the right to sue the Palestine Liberation Organization. The court declined Monday to consider an appeal of a decision in a case known as Sokolow v. Palestine Liberation Organization. The plaintiffs won $656 million in a 2015 federal jury verdict, but it was […]

ZOA’s Daube Pioneers Program to Teach Israel’s Law Students About Judea/Samaria Rights

Arutz Sheva spoke with Legal Grounds (Basis Huki) Co-Chair Jeff Daube about the organization’s new program offering free legal courses to young lawyers. Legal Grounds is an organization dedicated to countering the propaganda claiming that Israel has no legal right to Judea and Samaria, as well as the fact that most lawyers are not well-versed enough […]

ZOA Quoted as Leading Fight to Oust McMaster

President Trump’s choice of a new national security adviser has quickly become as polarizing as many of the other dramatic choices he’s made in the roller-coaster first stage of his Oval Office tenure, with conservative forces cheering the pick of the hawkish John Bolton as a muscular demonstration of U.S. support for Israel and those […]

JNS Quotes ZOA: Weakened Taylor Force Act Stops Only 1/3 of PA Aid

Amid never-ending speculation over the release of President Donald Trump’s much anticipated Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, a major piece of legislation making its way through Congress may have a profound impact on the already strained ties between the United States and the Palestinians. This legislation, dubbed the Taylor Force Act—named for a 28-year-old former U.S. serviceman […]

ZOA’s Klein Young Israel Dinner Speech/ “Jerusalem is Not Holy to Muslims”

Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein spoke on Thursday night at the National Council of Young Israel’s annual dinner, debunking the myth that Jerusalem is holy to Muslims. “Jerusalem was the capital of Israel, under King David, 3,000 years ago,” Klein said. “It was never, ever, the capital of any other nation except Israel. […]

OP-ED BY: Mark Levenson JNS Op-Ed: Shmuley Boteach Honors Qatar-Praising Treasury Sec’y – Yet Condemns Jews Who Made Demands of Qatar

Shmuley Boteach has written numerous recent articles, tweets and ads condemning and calling out top pro-Israel Jewish and Zionist leaders for meeting Qatari officials, even though they were simply making demands on Qatar to change its policies towards Israel and the Jewish people. Yet last week, in contradiction of this “principled” stance, he honored and gave […]

OP-ED BY: Morton A. Klein Mort Klein Op-Ed in Breitbart: AIPAC Loses Credibility by Perpetuating ‘Two-State Solution’ Myth

When America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) CEO Howard Kohr, addressing AIPAC’s Policy Conference this past week, called for establishing a Palestinian Arab state, he inadvertently exposed a decades-old myth: that AIPAC only supports all policies of the Israeli government. Kohr unequivocally stated: “We must all work toward that future: two states for two peoples … One Jewish with secure and […]

JPost: ZOA Criticizes Solicitor General for Supporting PLO in Terrorism Case

The Trump administration sided with the Palestine Liberation Organization in a terrorism lawsuit the Supreme Court may soon consider, drawing an angry rebuke from conservatives, including one of its most steadfast Jewish community defenders, the Zionist Organization of America. In 2015, a federal jury in Manhattan ruled in favor of American victims injured in six […]

Daniel Greenfield, Pro-Israel Writer and Shillman Fellow, Praises ZOA

Twitter:   Daniel Greenfield (@Sultanknish) 3/4/18, 6:53 PM ZOA is meaningfully pro-Israel. AIPAC is just pro-AIPAC twitter.com/DY1837/status/…

ZOA Quoted Condemning Iceland Proposed Circumcision Ban

The Icelandic lawmaker who proposed a controversial ban on circumcision told The Algemeiner in an interview this week that her bill does not violate religious freedom. Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir of the Progressive party recently introduced the legislation in the Icelandic Parliament, where it is currently being debated. It proposes a blanket ban on male circumcision […]