Email from Zionist Organization of America   ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA OP-ED     We Must Speak Out Now for Israel and Condemn Jew-Haters’ Orwellian Lies ─ ZOA’s Morton Klein Algemeiner Op-Ed By Morton A. Klein (May 27, 2025 / Algemeiner) As Israel begins its 77th year, one aligned with the word Oz (“strength”) due to its gematric numerical value, both the State of Israel and the Jewish people worldwide must embrace the concept, not just militarily — but morally, spiritually, and ideologically. At a time when lies, propaganda, and revisionist history dominate the discourse, especially on Western college campuses, we must meet distortion with clarity and hatred with truth. Our silence or passivity in the face of these attacks is no longer an option. We must speak, not just loudly, but rightly. Across North America and Europe, a new wave of anti-Israel sentiment is spreading, often masquerading as human rights activism. On too many campuses, students are taught to view Israel as a colonialist aggressor rather than a small democratic nation surrounded by hostile regimes. Jewish students are being harassed, physically threatened, and shouted down for supporting the right of Israel to exist. This is not criticism, but rather demonization. And it must be answered. Consider just one recent example: Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, publicly denied the Jewish connection to Jerusalem, claiming absurdly that the ancient Jewish Temple was in Yemen. This is not just a historical falsehood, it is part of a long-standing strategy to erase Jewish history from its indigenous homeland. The truth? Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people since King David established it as such 3,000 years ago. It has never served as the capital of any other nation. During centuries of foreign conquest, including the Arab conquest in the 8th century, Jerusalem was not chosen as the caliphate’s capital. There is a reason that Jerusalem’s center is the Temple Mount, because the Jewish Temple stood there, long before Islam was founded. Despite the so-called Palestinian “truth” of the sole Muslim claim to Jerusalem and the city’s holiness in Islam, when Jordan occupied eastern Jerusalem from 1948 to 1967 (something that is never mentioned in the media), Jerusalem fell into disrepair, and outside of the Jordanian monarchy, not a single other Arab leader made a pilgrimage there. During those 19 years of a true “occupation” by the Jordanians, Jews were forbidden from praying at our holiest site, and 58 synagogues throughout the Old City were destroyed. Continue Reading   REGISTER   Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email     DONATE Copyright © Zionist Organization of America 2025, All rights reserved. Zionist Organization of America | 633 Third Ave 31 B | New York, NY 10017 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice