Email from Zionist Organization of America   ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA IN THE MEDIA     Breitbart - ZOA Issues ‘Qualified’ Support for Trump Gaza Plan, Warns of Risks, Sees Mideast Potential While praising the effort, the ZOA pointed to risks that it said must not be overlooked. Chief among them is the planned release of 1,950 terrorists, including 250 convicted murderers. By Joshua Klein (October 1, 2025 / Breitbart) The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) on Wednesday issued qualified support for President Trump’s Gaza plan, with concerns — praising its promise to free hostages while warning of concessions that could empower terrorists, but adding that if the deal is properly interpreted and carried out, it has “the potential to dramatically change the landscape and increase the safety and security of Israel and its people, and improve the lives of Jews, Arabs, Muslims, and Christians in the Middle East.” In its statement, ZOA National President Morton Klein — who has headed the nation’s oldest pro-Israel organization for over two decades — laid out both the group’s gratitude for Trump and Netanyahu’s efforts and its concerns over several provisions of the plan. “The ZOA is thrilled at the prospect that – at the outset of the plan – all the remaining innocent Jewish hostages will be freed from the blood-soaked hands of the evil Arab-Islamic Hamas monsters, who committed unspeakable atrocities, and whose Charter calls for the murder of every Jew and Israel’s destruction,” Klein said. He thanked Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their “unceasing efforts” to secure the release of the hostages and welcomed Trump’s pledge to back Israel “if Hamas rejects this plan, or if the Palestinian Arabs and the Palestinian Authority do not fulfill their obligations of reformation and deradicalization required under this plan.” As Jews worldwide prepared for Yom Kippur, Klein said the organization hoped the plan would strengthen Jewish unity and bring “better days for all of Israel and the Jewish people.” The plan, unveiled Monday at the White House, calls for Hamas to release all hostages within 72 hours, disarm, and vacate power in exchange for an end to the war. Trump pledged that Netanyahu would have his “full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas” if the terror group rejects the deal. Hamas has not yet responded. “In the past, many of these released Arab terrorists went back to murdering Jews. Forty of them became leaders of Hamas," Klein warned. While praising the effort, the ZOA pointed to risks that it said must not be overlooked. Chief among them is the planned release of 1,950 terrorists, including 250 convicted murderers. “In the past, many of these released Arab terrorists went back to murdering Jews. Forty of them became leaders of Hamas. It also increases and inspires the likelihood of more kidnappings of Jews,” Klein said. Continue Reading   Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email   DONATE   www.zoa.org   Copyright © Zionist Organization of America 2025. All rights reserved. Zionist Organization of America | 633 Third Ave 31 B | New York, NY 10017 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice