ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA NEWS RELEASE After ZOA Campaign, Biden Freezes Opening Consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinians - ZOA Praises Israel for Standing Strong Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA is pleased that after a major ZOA campaign in Israel and America, the Biden administration is now freezing its plan to open an insulting, divisive, unlawful U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinian Arabs. ZOA strongly praises Israel and the Israeli government and Members of the Knesset for standing strong against the opening of the consulate; Under the Vienna Convention on Consular Affairs, the consulate could not lawfully be opened without Israel’s consent. ZOA and our activists and donors are gratified to have contributed to the effort to stop the consulate from opening. ZOA mounted a major campaign against the opening of the consulate, with huge billboards in Jerusalem, Israel (right); ads in eleven American Jewish newspapers; press releases, op-eds, speeches, and action alerts to our activists who called their representatives to object to the consulate. ZOA’s campaign made clear that opening the consulate would violate the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which declared that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and a united, undivided city. A consulate for Palestinian Arabs would be a disgraceful, frightening, dangerous step towards dividing the Jewish people’s eternal capital – Jerusalem; would undermine the 2017 presidential recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and subsequent move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem; and would encourage and reward the terrorist dictatorship Palestinian Authority and its promotion of violence and Jew-hatred, giving lifetime pensions to Palestinian Arabs to murder Jews and Americans, and its demands to wrest Israel’s capital away. Opening the consulate would likely also result in violations of the Oslo Accords, which forbid the Palestinian Authority from engaging in foreign diplomatic relations. READ MORE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA 2021 VIRTUAL SUPERSTAR GALA SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2021 REGISTER NOW! About Us News Videos ZOA Report Events Founded in 1897, ZOA played a key role in the Jewish State's re-establishment. Today, ZOA is the leading major American Jewish organization courageously defending Israel and the Jewish people; fighting against all forms of antisemitism, including anti-Jewish boycotts; and promoting the Jewish people's lawful right to live in and settle historic Jewish lands. ZOA exposes that a Palestinian state would endanger Israel's existence; presents the facts about the Arab/Islamic war against Israel; and combats the anti-Israel lie that Israel is an "occupier" of her own land. ZOA spearheaded long battles to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, and apply civil rights protections to Jewish students. ZOA provides free legal assistance and programs to pro-Israel students at numerous college campuses. ZOA's bold, unapologetic voice has a significant impact on public discourse and policy. DONATE NOW Copyright © Zionist Organization of America 2021, All rights reserved. Zionist Organization of America | 633 Third Ave, 31 B, New York, NY 10017 Unsubscribe
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