ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA NEWS RELEASE   ZOA Condemns U.S. State Dept. & U.S. Amb. Nides/Others For Siding with Antisemitic, Discriminatory Palestinian & Hamas Terrorists re: the Temple Mount, Violating Jews’ Religious Freedom   Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: It is a fundamental American principle that religious and racial discrimination are impermissible, unacceptable and unjust. We Americans do not let threats of violence stop us from changing discriminatory “status quos.” Thus, the Ku Klux Klan’s and other bigots’ violence and threats of violence did not stop the U.S. government from appropriately ending the longstanding “status quos” of racist segregated schools; “white only” drinking fountains; and restrictive covenants that prevented Jews and Blacks from living in many neighborhoods. Instead, we stood up to the racist Black-hating terrorists. For instance, when nine African American children were prevented from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, then-President Eisenhower sent in 1,000 U.S. Army paratroopers to assure that the African American students could appropriately and peacefully attend school. But today, the Biden administration is arrogantly demanding that Israel must maintain an antisemitic, racist, discriminatory, unjust “Muslims only” supposed “status quo” on the Jewish people’s holiest site – the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Temple Mount is the site of the First and Second Jewish Temples which stood for approximately 1,000 years, long before Islam was invented and long before Muslims built mosques on the site. Notice it’s called the Temple Mount, not the Mosque Mount. King Solomon built the Jewish Temples as a place where all people were welcome to pray. Moreover, Israel’s 1967 “Protection of Holy Places Law” endorses free access to holy places. But now, wrongly and unjustly, Jews and other non-Muslims are denied rights to those who wish to openly pray and bring prayer books on the Temple Mount. Non-Muslim visiting hours are severely restricted. Non-Muslims can only enter through one of the Temple Mount’s 12 gates – while Muslims can use all of the gates. Jews are not permitted to drink from the water fountain on the Temple Mount because some Jew-hating Muslims publicly deem Jews to be “unclean.” Sound familiar? Jews are not even permitted to silently mouth a Jewish prayer.   Read More   Share This Email   ZOOM With ZOA Book Club TODAY at 1:00 PM EST "A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism" Featuring Dov Hikind & Israel Bitton Register Now!   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. Zionist Organization of America | 633 Third Ave, 31 B, New York, NY 10017 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected]