Right-Wing Jewish Organization Secures First Meeting With Trump Administration

“ZOA is the Jewish organization that most promotes and reflects their views about the Arab-Islamic war against Israel.”

Media reports indicate that the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is the first Jewish organization to be meeting with President Donald Trump's new administration.

White House aide Anthony Scaramucci, who serves as assistant to the President, will meet in New York with Morton Klein (pictured above), president of the ZOA.  ZOA has long been a proponent of a strong Israel and expanded West Bank settlements. Their largest backer is the mega-GOP donor, gaming billionaire Sheldon Adelson.

Klein was quoted today as saying he planned to discuss “issues relating to Israel, terrorism and moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem.”  Klein says he was told by Trump officials that, “ZOA is the Jewish organization that most promotes and reflects their views about the Arab-Islamic war against Israel.”

The Jerusalem Post has called the ZOA “one of the most important and influential groups in the U.S. today.” The Wall Street Journal called the ZOA “heroic and the most credible advocate for Israel on the American Jewish scene today.”

Media reports also indicate that ZOA events are regularly attended by Daily News Publisher Mort Zuckerman, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Dermer, Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon, Sen. Roy Blunt, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, and Ronn Torossian, who has been honored with the organization's Young Leadership Award.

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