ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA NEWS RELEASE   ZOA Criticizes Biden for Falsely Saying at UN that Palestinian Arab Terror Regime is “Entitled” to a State, and for Calling for Weakening U.S. Power at the UN Security Council   Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: ZOA is appalled that President Biden said that the Palestinian Arab terror regime is “entitled” to a state, during Biden’s speech before the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2022. No Palestinian Arab state has ever existed, and there is no lawful entitlement to such as state. Moreover, the Palestinian Authority regime persistently incites terror with antisemitic lies; glorifies and pays $400 million per year to terrorists to murder Jews; and openly seeks to destroy all of Israel. Such a state would be a Hamas-Fatah-Iranian terror state; would launch constant terror attacks and rockets into Israel’s major cities; and would pose the gravest threat to Israel’s existence. The Palestinian Center for Survey and Policy Research (PCSPR) poll last week again showed that if Palestinian Arab presidential elections were held today, Hamas terror leader Ismail Haniyeh would overwhelmingly beat Palestinian Authority terror leader Mahmoud Abbas (53% to 38%). It is dangerous and wrong to assert that this terror regime is entitled to a state on Israel’s land. Biden’s statement will embolden more anti-Jewish terror, both in Israel and throughout the world. It may already have done so. The day after Biden’s UN speech, an Arab terrorist injured eight Israelis in stabbing and pepper spray attacks in central Israel (near Modi’in); and another Arab terrorist ran over and injured another Israeli in Samaria. Moreover, weakening or causing the elimination of Israel – the United States’ most loyal ally in the Middle East – would severely damage the United States’ security and ability to combat terrorism. Biden Hypocritically Trampled on the UN Charter Guarantees to Israel: Notably, at the beginning of Biden’s UN speech, when discussing the Russia-Ukraine situation, Biden repeatedly stressed the importance of abiding by the UN Charter and the UN Charter’s respect for UN nations’ sovereign rights. But then Biden hypocritically trampled on Israel’s sovereign rights guaranteed in the same UN Charter (which include Israel’s rights to Judea/Samaria and Jerusalem). The UN Charter (which is a U.S. treaty obligation) continued the rights guaranteed to Israel under the 1922 Mandate, which provided that no territory designated for the Jewish homeland “shall be ceded or leased to, or in any way placed under the control of, the Government of any foreign Power.” Thus, neither the U.S. nor the UN can lawfully engage in actions to cede Israel’s land to a Palestinian Arab state. (See ZOA Resource: “Israel has the Legal Right to the Land Of Israel, Including Jerusalem, Judea/Samaria & The Golan, Under Binding International Law.”) Biden Also Undermined U.S. Interests at the UN Security Council: It is also very concerning that during his UN speech, Biden called for making UN Security Council vetoes “rare,” and for expanding the number of permanent and non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. Why is Biden calling for making vetoes rare? Is Biden planning to secretly orchestrate and refuse to veto terrible anti-Israel resolutions – like the Obama-Biden administration did in 2016 – to obtain passage of UNSC Resolution 2334, which falsely labels much of Israel’s land, including the Jewish people’s holiest sites in Jerusalem “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” denies Jewish rights to live in much of the Jewish homeland, and promotes antisemitic boycotts? (See, e.g., “ZOA Condemns Obama/Kerry/Power For Enabling Passage of Antisemitic Ethnic Cleansing Anti-Israel UN Res Denying Jewish Rights to Live in Jerusalem/Judea/Samaria,” Dec. 23, 2016; and here, here, here , here and here.)   Read More Share This Email   In Case You Missed It... You can find information on more of President Biden's appointments HERE. Founded in 1897, ZOA played a key role in the Jewish State's re-establishment. 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