ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA NEWS RELEASE   ZOA Responds to Questions About Pres. Trump, Kanye West, Fuentes, etc. Issue Q. Does the Zionist Organization of America still believe that President Trump deserved ZOA’s Theodore Herzl Gold Medallion Award for being the best president ever towards Israel and the Jewish people? A. Absolutely, yes. He earned it and deserves it because of his fabulous, unparalleled beneficial policies toward the Jewish State of Israel and toward the Jewish people. As we stated at the ZOA Gala, where we gave this rare award to President Trump, Donald Trump also deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for his numerous great accomplishments, such as the Abraham Accords, which made the Middle East more peaceful, saved the lives of Jews and others; and combatted antisemitism in the U.S. and elsewhere. We are deeply grateful that President Trump: • negotiated the groundbreaking Abraham Accords; moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; • issued the “Executive Order on Combating Antisemitism” to strengthen and rigorously enforce the Civil Rights Act, Title VI, to protect Jewish students from harassment and discrimination on American college campuses; • deported the last known Nazi war criminal from the U.S. after previous administrations failed to do so; • stopped sending U.S. tax dollars to the Palestinian Authority (PA) because the PA pays hundreds of millions of dollars of “pay to slay” payments and pensions to Arab terrorists to murder Jews; • signed the Taylor Force Act; • ended U.S. funding to the corrupt United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) because UNRWA hides rockets for Hamas and teaches Arab children to hate and aspire to murder Jews; • ended the catastrophic Iran deal (which Iran violated from the outset) and imposed maximum sanctions on Iran which reduced Iran’s funding of terror proxies Hezbollah and Hamas, which likely saved lives; • eliminated Qasem Soleimani, which saved more lives; • recognized that Jewish communities in the Jewish heartland of Judea/Samaria are legal; • recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan; recognized the right of Jews to pray at our holiest site – the Temple Mount; • moved Israel into Centcom (Central Command) to strengthen Israel’s and our Arab allies’ security collaboration; • left the so-called United Nations Human Rights Council because the UNHRC continued to focus on falsely attacking Israel; • sanctioned International Criminal Court officials for their unlawful investigation of Israel; • reversed discriminatory labeling regulations that had facilitated anti-Jewish boycotts; • vigorously spoke out against antisemitism in his State of the Union message and on numerous other occasions; • allowed Americans born in Jerusalem to list “Israel” on their passports; • appointed numerous pro-Israel officials; • tried to stop the prior (Obama) administration from passing horrendous anti-Israel UN Security Council resolutions (while Trump was president-elect); • closed the unlawful PLO mission in Washington and insulting, wasteful consulate to the PA in Jerusalem; • was the first sitting U.S. president to pray at the Western Wall; and • brokered an additional groundbreaking memorandum of understanding with Bahrain to eradicate antisemitism and promote respect and co-existence between the Arab and Jewish people. It’s quite clear that there’s not a hint of antisemitism in President Trump’s actions or beliefs. He clearly loves Israel and the Jewish people. He made a point at the ZOA Gala this month to say that even tough he hates wearing tuxedos, he decided to wear a tuxedo especially in Israel’s honor. ZOA can continue to appreciate President Trump’s many extraordinary pro-Israel deeds at the same time that we insist that Trump needs to condemn antisemite Kanye West and Jew-hating, Holocaust-denying white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Q: Why is ZOA insisting that President Trump needs to condemn Kanye West and Nick Fuentes? A: The rapid increase of antisemitism from multiple quarters in the United States is extremely alarming and dangerous. Nick Fuentes is an influential white supremacist, who mocks and denies the Holocaust, accuses Jews of serving the devil, and says “I piss on your Talmud.” Farrakhan-loving Kanye (Ye) West, who has 31 million followers, has a tremendous influence, and endangers Jews when he accused Jews in the entertainment industry of “milking us until we die”; tweeted about going “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” etc.; and then said “I love you” to leading antisemite Louis Farrakhan. (See ZOA’s press release on Sunday detailing West’s and Fuente’s and Farrakhan’s frightening antisemitic records.)   READ MORE     Today is #GivingTuesday! Give Now to ZOA     Share This Email 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 2022, All rights reserved. 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