Category ZOA in the news
ZOA Cited by Chicago Paper on DePaul U. Fundraiser for Convicted Terrorist

Last year, Rasmieh Yousef Odeh was convicted of federal immigration fraud in Detroit after she hid on her immigration forms that she once was convicted of a 1969 terrorist bombing in Israel that killed two college students. Now, pro-Palestinian students at DePaul University in Chicago are holding a fundraiser for Odeh’s legal defense fund, one […]

ZOA’s Klein Quoted in Israel Hayom on Obama Meddling in Elections Hypocrisy

Z ionist groups in the U.S. have lashed out at what they say is a purported attempt by the U.S. to get involved in Israeli elections. The Zionist Organization of America published a report titled “Obama campaign team works to defeat Netanyahu,” stating while Obama refuses to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his coming […]

State Department-Funded Group Reportedly Working to Unseat Netanyahu

A U.S. State Department-funded group is partnering with an Israeli grassroots political organization in an effort to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Jewish state’s upcoming March election, according to reports. The Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday that OneVoice International—an activist organization founded in 2002 that seeks to “empower” Israelis and Palestinians to […]

Stop Bibi: J Street Gives Netanyahu the Sarah Palin Treatment

J Street, a George Soros-funded, far-left organization that styles itself as “pro-Israel” but spends its energy opposing Israeli policies, is trying to stop Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from addressing Congress in a special session in March. In an email appeal, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami is urging supporters “to make sure that Congress knows Bibi’s […]

ZOA President Tells Arutz Sheva Obama’s Recent Address was Full of Hypocrisy

Arutz Sheva got the chance to speak with Morton Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), who argued US President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday was riddled with hypocritical flaws. WATCH VIDEO INTERVIEW HERE. Klein said he was “deeply disappointed, even frightened” that Obama claimed he had stopped Iran’s progress for nuclear weapons, when […]

ZOA’s Daube Reflects on the True Goal of BDS, The Destruction of Israel

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has announced that it will bring convicted terrorist Leila Khaled to South African next month for a speaking tour, drawing harsh condemnations from the country’s Jewish community. Khaled, now 70, is a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and took part in two airplane […]

ZOA Represented by Sharona Whisler in Boys Town Jerusalem Bike Ride

The late Kenny Schwartz was a long-time leader of the local Jewish community and passionate about Boys Town Jerusalem (BTJ) and bike riding. Before losing his battle to pulmonary and cardiovascular disease in August, 2014, Schwartz, who resided in Hollywood at the time of his death, was the driving force for a charity bike ride […]

JPost: ZOA Files Complaint Against WZC Hatikvah Slate for Promoting BDS

The Zionist Organization of America has accused several candidates running for seats in the Zionist Congress of supporting boycotts against Israel. According to the right-wing group, members of the left-leaning Hatikvah Slate have falsely claimed to combat the BDS movement, while instead actively supporting its aims. Elections determining the composition of the upcoming 37th Zionist […]

ZOA Chief Discusses Paris Attacks

Though he came to Palm Beach Synagogue to address, “Orwellian Lies about Israel,” the recent massacre of Jewish hostages in an east Paris kosher market became the leading topic of Zionist Organization of America National President Mort Klein’s Jan. 13 discussion. “If the only people murdered in that terrorist attack were Jews, the world wouldn’t […]

The Jewish Voice Endorses the ZOA Slate at the WJC

On January 13 through April 30, 2015, American Jews will be voting for the delegate slates for the 2015 World Zionist Congress.  The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), America’s oldest Jewish organization, is running an impressive slate headed by ZOA’s national president Morton Klein and Irwin Hochberg (past Chairman of the UJA-UJC Jewish Federation of […]