(JTA) — Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, apologized for a tweet in which he suggested that actress Natalie Portman’s criticism of Israel “gives credibility and legitimacy to the ludicrous, false, nonsensical belief that beautiful women aren’t too bright.” “Although not intended, I now realize that my comment could be construed as offensive…
After Natalie Portman announced that she would withdraw from the Genesis Prize awards ceremony in Israel to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of her harshest American critics has been the Zionist Organization of America and its president, Morton Klein. Now, Klein has stepped it up a notch, drawing criticism in the process. “Natalie…
(JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America is urging a survivor of the Parkland school shooting to change the title of his forthcoming book, saying that by using the term “Never Again,” author David Hogg “trivializes the horrors of the Holocaust.” Hogg, 18, who has emerged as one of the most vocal proponents of gun…
The Zionist Organization of America is calling on supporters to urge Fox News Channel to fire Geraldo Rivera after the reporter made pro-Palestinian comments on a recent appearance. “Why aren’t companies pulling ads from ‘The Five’ show after self hating Jew Geraldo Rivera expressed regret that he didn’t support the five year Arafat terror war(2001-2006)…
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of President Donald Trump’s most recent ban on travel from a number of predominately Muslim countries. The group, which has been an outspoken supporter of Trump’s policies, in its brief said the action did not amount…
A new Pew Research Center survey published Tuesday highlighted what Israelis and pro-Israel activists in the U.S. have feared for years — Israel is becoming a partisan issue, and the gap between Democrats’ and Republicans’ opinions of Israel is only growing. According to Pew, the partisan divide on Israel has reached a record level, with…
Dear Editor, Forward opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon’s op-ed about the Zionist Organization of America’s November 10, 2017 annual gala engages in the same unsubstantiated smears against Steve Bannon and Dr. Sebastian Gorka that the Forward has previously engaged in, and that were repeatedly shown to be false. The Forward editor compounded this by disparaging the…
Last week in The New York Times, columnist Bret Stephens did something brave: He called the Zionist Organization of America’s decision to host Steve Bannon at its gala “a disgrace.” Stephens’s condemnation was brave because ZOA enjoys considerable support in the hawkish Zionist circles in which he travels. Its gala featured, in addition to Bannon,…
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