ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA IN THE MEDIA   ZOA's Klein's Arutz Sheva Interview: Once U.S. Jews Understand Judicial Reform, They Will Support It     By Yoni Kempinski (MARCH 7 / ARUTZ SHEVA) Speaking about the issue of judicial reform, Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein tells Israel National News that the United States government has no right to interfere in internal Israeli policy. “Israel is a sovereign country. As Menachem Begin said, ‘Israel is not a banana republic.’ They have no right to interfere in a domestic issue. Judicial reform is a serious domestic issue. It’s not America’s business how Israel deals with their judiciary,” he says. He slammed US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides as “being completely wrong about this.” He denounced Nides for being obsessively focused on judicial reform but appearing to ignore Palestinian Authority glorification of terrorism and cited a recent speech in Egypt by PA President Mahmoud Abbas who claimed all of historic “Palestine” belonged to the Palestinian Arabs, to which there was no rebuke by the Biden administration. “I find this interference by my country America and the outrageous actions that are hostile to Israel just unacceptable and intolerable," Klein says. "I’m very angry at the Jewish leaders in America and the rabbis in America for not making a public issue out of this. But when it comes to Smotrich they make a big issue, not because of what Smotrich said during a time of enormous emotion of Jews being murdered almost every day. They are attacking Smotrich because they don’t like his policy on judicial reform, not because they are horrified by what he said for which he apologized and said, ‘Look I was emotionally distraught.’”     READ MORE   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 2023, 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]