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Dear Fellow Supporter of Israel,
I am very appreciative of the support you’ve given to the Zionist Organization of America in the past. I write today in the hope you will donate again and consider increasing your gift.
Earlier today, we published two press releases, one in support of Israel’s decision to refuse entry of Israelophobic and anti-Semitic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, and another emphasizing that no nation –– including Israel –– shall be required to admit persons who seek to destroy or harm the host country.
Did you see anyone else proudly and publicly stand with Israel today? ZOA is not afraid to speak the truth:
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- Rep’s Tlaib and Omar seek Israel’s destruction, and are leading promoters of anti-Jewish anti-Israel boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS). They outrageously compare boycotting Israel to boycotting Nazis.
- Rep. Tlaib’s associates include Hezbollah-backer and anti-Israel Al Awda head Abbas Hamideh.
- Rep. Tlaib publicly praised 18 colleagues who are close associates of Palestinian terrorists with Jewish blood on their hands, for helping Tlaib to win office.
- Rep. Tlaib invited Hezbollah supporters to her swearing-in and took pictures with them and convicted Jew killer Rasmeah Odeh.
- Rep. Tlaib claimed that Arabs “provided a safe haven for Jews” after the Holocaust; deleted Israel from her office map; and has written for Farrakhan’s newspaper.
- Rep. Omar accuses Jews of bribing Congress to support Israel; showed sympathy to ISIS; called Israel “Apartheid State;” called Israel “evil” & and “hypnotized” the world.
- Rep. Omar described 9-11 as “some people who did something”; wouldn’t answer if she supported Al Qaeda; and supports murderous dictator Communist Venezuela’s Maduro.
- Rep. Omar’s financial backers include top anti-Israel BDS leaders and Hamas supporters.
- Rep. Omar demanded a judge should show compassion towards and reduce the sentences of convicted ISIS terrorists.
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Other nations, including the U.S., have elected to deny admission to persons posing a potential security risk, or who seek to destroy or harm the host country. For example, the United States properly denied admission to:
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i) President of Austria and former Secretary General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim;
ii) PLO Executive Committee member, propagandist and terror supporter Hanan Ashrawi; and
iii) Co-founder and leader of the antisemitic anti-Israel international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement to delegitimize and economically destroy Israel, Omar Barghouti. |
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Today’s events exemplify the rise in anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist and Israelophobic bigotry permeating our society, and why the ZOA is active in courtrooms, on college campuses, and Capitol Hill:
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ZOA’s Center for Law and Justice led the successful fight to get the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to reinterpret Title VI of the Civil Rights Act; Jewish students are now protected from anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination under the law.
ZOA Campus is active in 40 states, with more than 30 Campus Coordinators and Campus Fellows working with almost 150 student and campus organizations. The Summer and Winter Student Leadership Missions to Israel take participants to areas that other student groups do not visit –– such as Hebron and the Temple Mount.
ZOA’s Government Relations staff in Washington, D.C. have been working with members of Congress to push back on anti-Semitic statements from Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and others. Our Capitol Hill Mission brought hundreds of activists from around the country to lobby U.S. Senators and Congressmen on the rise of anti-Semitism, and Iran.
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As National President of the ZOA, I recently traveled to Israel to participate on a two-person panel at the largest international anti-BDS conference in the world and met with a number of top level officials from both the U.S. and Israel, including: Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy Gilad Erdan, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, and Gov. Ron DeSantis.
So far, this year, I’ve authored Op-Ed’s on topics ranging from “The Danger of Anti-Semitism Becoming Mainstreamed” and “Rep. Tlaib’s Vicious Anti-Semitism” to “How Palestinian Culture Rewards and Glorifies Murdering Jews”. More than 80 of ZOA’s News Releases have published and cited by leading media outlets and analysts, including Fox News, The New York Times, Arutz Sheva, The Daily Wire, The Algemeiner, Breitbart, The Jewish Exponent, The Washington Free Beacon, Jewish News Syndicate, The Jerusalem Post, World Israel News, The Jewish Press, JTA, and many others.
But more must be done to combat the rise of anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and Israelophobia across the country.
Please consider making a gift this year to support ZOA’s important work. Donations can be made most easily online via our website, or by mailing a check to:
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The Zionist Organization of America
633 Third Avenue, Suite 31-B
New York, NY 10017
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The ZOA also accepts transfers of stock and securities and offers Charitable Gift Annuities and other ways to give. To learn more about how you can support ZOA, please call 212-481-1500 or email [email protected].
Sincerely,
Morton A. Klein
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